Brazilian flat steel sales increased by 37.8% year on year in June as the market was recovering from a strike of truck drivers that delayed shipments in the previous month. ...Read More
Brazilian long steel imports increased by 97.99% year-on-year in June 2018, due to higher shipments from Turkey....Read More
Prices for domestic hollow steel sections made in Europe went up this week after mills last week announced they would increase prices of hot-rolled coil, the base material for sections, sources told Metal Bulletin on Wednesday July 18....Read More
Prices for rebar produced and delivered in Northern Europe widened upward by ?,?20 per tonne over the past week amid tight supply and the imminent implementation of EU preliminary safeguard measures on steel imports, sources told Metal Bulletin on Wednesday July 18....Read More
Key data from the Wednesday 18 July pricing session in Europe. ...Read More
The following Metal Bulletin noble alloys and ores prices changed on Wednesday July 18:...Read More
Pig iron export volumes from Brazil dropped by 35.22% year-on-year in June because of reduced demand from Mexico, according to figures released by the country's foreign trade ministry, MDIC, earlier this month....Read More
Brazilian iron ore exports to China increased by 3.64% year-on-year in June, amid higher prices, according to figures released by the country's foreign trade ministry, MDIC....Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 3 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of the June Housing Start report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a slip to 1.32 million units from lower revised 1.337 million units in May. Actual was 1.173 million units.Google dropped $6.44 to $1206.64 after the European Union iss...Read More
The latest bids, offers and deals in the global markets for iron ore, pig iron, direct-reduced iron and other steelmaking raw materials. ...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices rose modestly on Wednesday July 18 with several cargoes of Pilbara Blend fines traded at smaller discounts than earlier in the week....Read More
Rio Tinto expects to see a further drop in its Canadian iron ore pellet and concentrate output this year, but is maintaining the guidance for its Australian iron ore and coking coal operations. Iron Ore Company of Canada Rio Tinto 58.7%-owned Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) sold 449,000 tonnes of pellets and concentrate in the three months to June, down 89% both from a year earlier (4.14 million...Read More
The seaborne coking coal spot market was mostly quiet on Wednesday July 18 amid bearish sentiment due to expectations of a further weakening of the Chinese yuan. ...Read More
Taiwan's ferrous scrap imports increased by 11% on the year in May, according to the territory's customs agency....Read More
Base metals on the London Metal Exchange were mostly lower during morning trading on Wednesday July 18, impeded by a strong advance in the US dollar index amid persistent pressure from escalating global trade tensions. ...Read More
China's domestic rebar prices stopped falling on Wednesday July 18 amid stability in the futures market. ...Read More
The following Metal Bulletin minor metals prices changed on Wednesday July 18:...Read More
An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons for any price moves. Read More
The European Commission has set preliminary safeguard measures for imports of 23 steel products, it said on Wednesday July 18.The provisional measures will take the form of a Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) for each of the 23 categories of product. Tariffs of 25% will only be imposed once imports exceed the average of imports over the past three years.The quota will be allocated "on a first come, first se...Read More
Stainless steel scrap prices in the United States have followed the downward trend in the London Metal Exchange's cash nickel contract....Read More