Domestic hot-rolled coil prices in China were unchanged on Friday July 9, with an ongoing seasonal lull in demand keeping spot prices from tracking rising futures amid talk of production cuts across the country.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 5,700-5,770 yuan ($878-889) per tonne, unchanged Northern China (Tangshan): weekly assessment: 5,500-5,620 yuan ($848-866) per tonne, up by 180-240 yuan pe...Read More
China's domestic rebar market ended the week with increased prices in both eastern and northern regions, though prices were stable on Friday July 9.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 5,020-5,050 yuan ($775-780) per tonne, unchangedNorthern China (Beijing) weekly assessment: 4,950-4,990 yuan per tonne, up by 170 yuan per tonneEastern rebar prices halted their rise on Friday due to weak demand but pr...Read More
An overview of the aerospace materials markets and the latest price moves.Carrie Shi, Ruby Liu...Read More
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The Cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lb trade 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.Fastmarkets assessed Cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lb...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...Read More
The Cobalt hydroxide payable indicator, min 30% Co, cif China, % payable of Fastmarkets' standard-grade cobalt price (low-end) trade 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.Fastmarkets assessed Cobalt hydroxide p...Read More
The Cobalt sulfate 20.5% Co basis, exw China, yuan/tonne trade 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.Fastmarkets assessed Cobalt...Read More
Key data from Fastmarkets' Friday July 9 pricing sessions in Europe, China, India and the United States.Europe The silico-manganese market continued to strengthen in response to tight availability of material and robust demand from consumers. Prices in the market have been on an uptrend since the start of the year with steel production recovering from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. While co...Read More
The Japanese export price for heavy scrap (HS) remained high on Friday July 9 despite Kanto Tetsugen July auction prices falling month on month, sources told Fastmarkets.Friday's auction by Kanto Tetsugen, which is a cooperative of scrap dealers in the Tokyo region, closed its monthly H2 grade scrap export price at a decrease of ?1,307 ($12) per tonne month on month, with the winning bid price at...Read More
Spot activity in the Vietnamese ferrous scrap import market remained very thin during the week to July 9 due to poor demand caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, sources told Fastmarkets.The winner of the July Kanto Tetsugen auction will sell the 14,000 tonnes of bulk Japanese H2 scrap to Vietnam, sources said. The auction closed at ?47,888 per tonne ($435) on a free along side ship basis, down...Read More
Consistent demand for containerized ferrous scrap in the Taiwan import market pushed spot prices higher during the week to Friday July 9, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' daily price assessment for containerized steel scrap, heavy melting scrap 1&2 (80:20), United States material import, cfr main port Taiwan was $467-468 per tonne on Friday, unchanged from the previous day and up by $8-12 wee...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday July 8 that are worth another look.Iran's steel output will be negatively affected by severe power shortages that started in June and still remain an issue, market participants said.Kamoa Copper's 3.8-million-tonne-per-year concentrator in the...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange showed mixed directions at the 5pm close of trading on Thursday July 8, with copper and aluminium down on a slowing Chinese economy and talks of tapering from the United States."The takeaway from last night's FOMC [meeting] appears to be that this month... should see the ramping-up of more formal talks on tapering, with the line that the conditions f...Read More
A summary of London Metal Exchange warrant premiums from across the globe for the week to Wednesday July 7.Please click...Read More
Ferro-chrome prices in Asia and Europe have been trending upward since mid-May amid strong demand, with tightened supply from India fueling the bullish sentiment further in those markets, according to industry sources.India - ranked as the world's fourth-largest producer of ferro-chrome - produced around 1.28 million tonnes of the ferro-alloy in 2019, but last year it produced just 970,000 tonnes...Read More
South African miner Chrometco is filing for a restructuring of its business, and is putting its mining and chrome wash operations on care and maintenance due to the current financial pressures, it has announced.Chrometco, owned by South African commodity trading house Sail, will apply for restructuring and refinancing to meet commitments to its creditors and employees, according to an announcement...Read More
Export prices for ammonium paratungstate (APT) from China have continued to rise, with China's domestic supply tightening and overseas markets in urgent need of the material due to low inventories, sources told Fastmarkets this week.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for tungsten APT 88.5%WO3 min, fob main ports China was $282-292 per metric tonne unit (mtu) onWednesday July 7, up by $7-10 per m...Read More
Turkish steel mills continued to book deep-sea scrap for August shipment at slightly higher prices, market sources said on Thursday July 8.A steel mill in the Iskenderun region booked a US cargo, comprising HMS 1&2 (90:10) at $498 per tonne, shredded and plate & structural (P&S) at $516. The composition of the cargo was not shared by the parties involved. This compares with deep-sea bookings heard...Read More
Demand for steel scrap imports into Bangladesh was being limited by the country's extended Covid-19-related lockdown, market participants told Fastmarkets on Thursday July 8.The strict lockdown, which has been extended until at least July 14, has led to a complete shutdown of the country's steel retail market and has led to an exodus of laborers from the capital city, Dhaka."They are not admitting...Read More