China's leading stainless steel producer, Tsingshan Group, has raised its tender prices for July-delivery ferro-chrome by 950 yuan ($147) per tonne from that for the preceding month, the company said on Friday July 2.The eastern China-based mill set its tender price for July-delivery high-carbon ferro-chrome at 8,395 yuan per tonne. The latest tender price is 12.76% higher than the 7,445 yuan per...Read More
Domestic steel rebar prices in Poland were broadly flat in the week to Friday July 2, with local mills being largely sold out for July rolling and mulling new rises for August, sources have told Fastmarkets.Major domestic rebar producers in Poland were reported to have no July volumes remaining.Demand in the local market continued to be strong, despite rebar prices being at historic highs, driven...Read More
The global battery-grade lithium complex was steady over the week ended Thursday July 1, with market participants broadly optimistic about lithium hydroxide price momentum and citing tight feedstock availability. Battery-grade lithium hydroxide prices in Asia were steady against a backdrop of rising spodumene costs. Trader restocking supported the domestic Chinese lithium carbonate price at...Read More
Monthly European alloy steel surcharges for grade-316 stainless steel have surged for July because of a sharp increases in the price of molybdenum, Fastmarkets heard on Friday July 2.Fastmarkets' calculation of stainless steel cold-rolled sheet 316 2mm alloy surcharge domestic, Europe was ?,?2,902-2,946 ($3,439-3,492) per tonne for July, up by ?,?242-271 per tonne from June.The substantial increas...Read More
The pig iron export market in Brazil remained calm in the week to Friday July 2, waiting to see how the global market will react to Russia's plan to impose export duties on a range of metal products.Fastmarkets' price assessment for pig iron, export, fob port of Vitoria/Rio, Brazil, was $620-625 per tonne on Friday, widening upward from $620 per tonne a week before.Offers from the south...Read More
The Argentinian government's decision to extend a discount on electricity costs to the second half of 2021 is insufficient to increase aluminium production capacity to full utilization, local producer Aluar said on Thursday July 1 in a filing to the country's securities and exchange commission, CNV.Aluar's Puerto Madryn plant, located in Argentina's Patagonian region, was running at 70% capacity a...Read More
European Metal Recycling (EMR) is to transform its dock operations in Scotland with a multi-million-pound development that will make it more competitive and reduce carbon emissions, the company announced on Monday June 28.The 11.5-acre site at Berth 10 of the West Quay at Glasgow's King George V dock will be EMR's most innovative deep-sea dock in the UK, allowing the company to transfer material i...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
Copper concentrate treatment and refining charges rose to their highest in five months on Friday July 2, reflecting smelters looking to capitalize on a recent uptrend.Fastmarkets' benchmark copper concentrate TC/RC index, cif Asia Pacific came in at $38.10 per tonne / 3.81 cents per lb on Friday, up from $36 per tonne / 36 cents per lb a week...Read More
Hot-dipped galvanized and pre-painted galvanized coil prices decreased in Turkey during the week to Friday July 2, with demand weakening ahead of national holidays, sources told Fastmarkets.Market participants expect reduced market activity in the second half of July because of the national holidays taking place on July 15, which is Democracy Day in Turkey, and July 19-24 for the Ei al-Adha holida...Read More
The price of technical-grade lithium carbonate in China rose for the second time since mid-June this week, amid active trader restocking, thereby improving sentiment in the battery-grade chemicals market, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' lithium carbonate 99% Li2CO3 min, technical and industrial grade, spot price range exw domestic China edged up to 79,000-80,000 yuan ($12,189-12,344) per ton...Read More
Turkish deep-sea scrap import prices fell at the end of the week after a fresh cargo from the Baltic Sea came to light, market participants told Fastmarkets on Friday July 2.A steel mill in the Izmir region booked the Baltic Sea cargo, comprising 25,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $495 per tonne and 5,000 tonnes of bonus at $510 per tonne cfr, late on Thursday July 1.This was fourth the deep-sea...Read More
An overview of the specialty steel raw materials markets in Europe and their latest price moves.Janie Davies and...Read More
Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in Northern Europe slipped further on Friday July 2 following a slowdown in trading, sources told Fastmarkets.Buyers opted to limit purchases while assessing the market trend. Long lead times from domestic producers, sufficient stocks among buyers for the next couple of months, and exhausted credit lines as a result of high prices for finished steel, have all co...Read More
East China's rebar prices dropped on Friday July 2 due to weak demand on poor weather during the day, ending the week 10 yuan per tonne lower than June 25.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 4,830-4,860 yuan ($746-750) per tonne, down by 40-50 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing) weekly assessment: 4,780-4,820 yuan per tonne, up by 20-30 yuan per tonneHeavy rain in large parts of eastern and south...Read More
A flurry of low-priced transactions for Russian hot-rolled coil into Vietnam during the week to Friday July 2 has shocked market participants in Asia, causing prices to fall and depress sentiment, sources told Fastmarkets.The deals follow Russia's announcement on June 24 that it would impose temporary export duties on ferrous and non-ferrous metals sold outside the Eurasian Economic Union from Aug...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday July 1 that are worth another look.Brazilian exports of iron ore rose by 12.19% in June this year compared with the corresponding month of 2020, despite Vale closing down part of a large complex in southeastern Brazil, according to...Read More
The German subsidiary of Blackstone Resources AG is to increase its lithium-ion battery production capacity tenfold, the company said.According to the Switzerland-based holding company, Blackstone Technology will increase its lithium-ion battery manufacturing capacity to 500 MWh per year at its D??beln site in Saxony by 2022. The batteries are made using the company's own 3D-printing...Read More
Japanese carmaker Nissan and Envision AESC, the battery arm of Shanghai-based green tech company Envision Group, will invest ?1 billion ($1.38 billion) to create a new energy hub in the north-east of England.Automotive giant Nissan and Envision plan to expand facilities at their carmaking plant at Sunderland, in north-east England, into a new energy hub, they announced on Thursday July 1.The proj...Read More
Strong gains for the US dollar, and manufacturing data out of Japan and China that was weaker than expected, sent base metal prices on the London Metal Exchange lower on Thursday July 1, with zinc leading the complex downward.The US Dollar Index hit a high of 92.55 on Thursday, the highest since April 6 and up by 0.8% since the start of the week.But the three-month price for zinc was down by 1.2%...Read More