Domestic prices for rebar in Poland have been stable over the past week, but mills are expected to increase their offers, sources told Metal Bulletin on Friday July 27....Read More
Key data from the pricing session ending July 27....Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Read More
The following Metal Bulletin noble alloys, bulk alloys and ores prices changed on Friday July 27:...Read More
Domestic spot prices for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China have gone down week-on-week, with most producers lowering their prices to secure sales amid persistently low demand....Read More
SQM chief executive Patricio de Solminihac Tampier tendered his resignation on Wednesday July 25, citing personal reasons. His resignation will become effective on December 31; he will be succeeded by chief financial officer Ricardo Ramos Rodriguez, who has worked at SQM for 29 years, on January 1. Solminihac has spent more than 30 years at SQM in a variety of positions, including vice presid...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were unchanged in pre-opening trade. Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of the first estimate of second quarter real GDP. Consensus was growth at a 4.0% rate versus an upwardly revised 2.2% in the first quarter. Actual was 4.1%.Second quarter reports continue to pour in. Another 19 S&P 500 companies re...Read More
Brazilian producers in the south of the country were ready to export pig iron, but bids were too low, from the United States in particular, traders told Metal Bulletin on Friday July 27....Read More
There has been another week of silence in the United States pig iron market in the period ending Friday July 27, with buyers and suppliers failing again to agree on prices....Read More
Global scrap prices softened in several markets in the working week from Monday July 23 to Friday July 27, often because of weak demand in the downstream long steel segments in Taiwan and Turkey.Exporters in the United States saw prices dip when their customers in Taiwan and Turkey continued to bid lower prices for their material.And the discovery of a volume of cocaine by Vietnamese authorities a...Read More
Prices for containerized shredded scrap imported into India have fallen by almost $10 per tonne this week due to reduced offer prices, sources told Metal Bulletin on Friday July 27....Read More
Turkish steel mills have now started to book deep-sea scrap for delivery in September, while prices continue to fall, sources told Metal Bulletin on Friday July 27....Read More
Trading activity picked up in the seaborne iron ore market on Friday July 27 amid surging steel and futures prices in China....Read More
China's domestic hot-rolled coil prices surged on Friday July 27 amid a drop in supply while the export market was largely unchanged with buyers taking a wait-and-see approach ahead of the weekend....Read More
The seaborne coking coal spot market inched lower on Friday July 27 with bearish participants expecting prices to trend lower in the days to come. ...Read More
An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons for any price moves. Read More
The following Metal Bulletin minor metals prices changed on Friday July 27:...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in London and Shanghai on Friday July 27. ...Read More
Cobalt traders are taking advantage of pronounced arbitrage opportunities arising out of regional variations in price moves and buying preferences between China and Europe. In seasonally-slow summer trading, such activity has contributed to steep falls in physical prices in the international market in recent weeks. Metal Bulletin assessed low-grade and high-grade cobalt prices at $3...Read More
European alloy steel surcharges have dropped for August deliveries of grade-304 cold-rolled (CR) stainless steel sheet, after six consecutive months of growth, because of the recent fall in the cost of nickel....Read More