Prices for domestic and imported merchant bar quality (MBQ) steel in the United States rose in July, when demand continued to outpace supply, extending lead times and depleting inventories across the supply chain.Fastmarkets' monthly assessment for steel bar 2 x 2 x 1/4 -inch angle merchant products, fob mill US was $55.80 per cwt ($1,116 per ton) on Friday July 30, up by 3.72% from $53.80 per c...Read More
Prices for carbon steel plate in the United States strengthened for a second week while the latest wave of mill price increases ripples through the market.Fastmarkets' weekly assessment for steel cut-to-length plate carbon grade, fob mill US climbed to an all-time high of $82 per hundredweight ($1,640 per short ton) on Friday July 30 from $80 per cwt on July 23. The assessment has more than triple...Read More
Improved shipments and record-high hot band prices pushed US Steel's second-quarter net income to $1.012 billion, in contrast to a net loss of nearly $589 million in the equivalent quarter last year.The mini-mill segment generated $324 million in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (Ebitda) and had a 36% margin in the quarter, the Pittsburgh-based steelmaker said in an&...Read More
ArcelorMittal's forthcoming hot-strip mill in Mexico will change the profile of the steelmaker's Mexican flat steel business, the company's chief executive officer said during an investor call to discuss its second-quarter earnings on Thursday July 29.The new Mexican mill - which will add 2.5 million tonnes per year of hot-rolled coil production capacity to the current 4-million-tpy slab capacity...Read More
The Cobalt alloy grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lbtrade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparencyinto the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies....Read More
(Recasts with updated prices) By Eric Onstad LONDON, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Copper prices slipped on Monday,weighed down by worries about demand after weak factory datafrom the United States and top metals consumer China. A weaker dollar, hopes for more stimulus in China andprospects for a strike in top producer Chile cushioned thelosses. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange wasdown 0.5% at...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday July 30 that are worth another look.A change in China's tax rebates for several steel products brought trade to a halt in the South American coil import market, while prices continued to rise.Nickel producer Talon Metals will collaborate with the United...Read More
Precious metals mining company Sibanye-Stillwater is going to buy the Sandouville nickel hydrometallurgical processing facility from French mining group Eramet SA in a move to build on its strategy to diversify into the battery metals supply chain, the company said.The current Sandouville facilities, located in Normandy, France, include a hydrometallurgical nickel refinery with a capacity of 12,00...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday July 30 that are worth another look.A change in China's tax rebates for several steel products brought trade to a halt in the South American coil import market, while prices continued to rise.Nickel producer Talon Metals will collaborate with the United...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday July 30 that are worth another look.A change in China's tax rebates for several steel products brought trade to a halt in the South American coil import market, while prices continued to rise.Nickel producer Talon Metals will collaborate with the United...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday July 30 that are worth another look.A change in China's tax rebates for several steel products brought trade to a halt in the South American coil import market, while prices continued to rise.Nickel producer Talon Metals will collaborate with the United...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday July 30 that are worth another look.A change in China's tax rebates for several steel products brought trade to a halt in the South American coil import market, while prices continued to rise.Nickel producer Talon Metals will collaborate with the United...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday July 30 that are worth another look.A change in China's tax rebates for several steel products brought trade to a halt in the South American coil import market, while prices continued to rise.Nickel producer Talon Metals will collaborate with the United...Read More
Sudbury, a Vale SA mine in Canada where workers have been striking since June 1, has had "a very large impact" on the Brazilian miner's operations, the company's chief executive officer told analysts on July 29."Even if we quickly resolve the strike, we will still have many weeks until we normalize," CEO Eduardo De Salles Bartolomeo said, without directly answering a question on how long the strik...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday July 30 that are worth another look.A change in China's tax rebates for several steel products brought trade to a halt in the South American coil import market, while prices continued to rise.Nickel producer Talon Metals will collaborate with the United...Read More
A summary of Glencore's production results for the first half year of 2021, released on Friday July 30.In brief The company's own sourced zinc production rose year on year, mainly due to recovery from Covid-related suspensions in the second quarter of 2020, particularly in Peru. Its own sourced nickel production was lower compared to the corresponding period in 2020 due to major planned maintenanc...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning S&P 500 Index futures wer up 16 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures responded to news that a Bi-partisan Committee finished text on a $1 trillion infrastructure bill to be presented to the Senate this week. The Toronto Exchange is closed today for a holiday.Este Lauder dropped $0.56 to $333.27 after Deutsche Bank downgraded the stock fr...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were generally trending higher this morning, Monday August 2, with copper the metal that seems to be struggling the most. Base metals trading on the Shanghai Futures Exchange gave a mixed performance, however.* Chinese equities rebound this morning after last week’s weakness* US Senate makes progress on $1 trillion infrastructure bill* China...Read More
Precious metals mining company Sibanye-Stillwater is going to buy the Sandouville nickel hydrometallurgical processing facility from French mining group Eramet SA in a move to build on its strategy to diversify into the battery metals supply chain, the company said.The current Sandouville facilities, located in Normandy, France, include a hydrometallurgical nickel refinery with a capacity of 12,00...Read More
A summary of Glencore's production results for the first half year of 2021, released on Friday July 30.In brief The company's own sourced zinc production rose year on year, mainly due to recovery from Covid-related suspensions in the second quarter of 2020, particularly in Peru. Its own sourced nickel production was lower compared to the corresponding period in 2020 due to major planned maintenanc...Read More