Base Metal Stock Articles

RESEARCH: US HRC prices may be near peak, but upside risk remains

June 13, 2021 / Staff reporter

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.This month's key North American steel forecast highlights:Unprecedentedly high flat steel product pricing in the United States was forecast to persist through the current quarter and well into the second half of 2021.Actual US hot-rolled coil prices in April slightly outpaced our forecasts, with Fastmarkets' US HRC index ave...Read More

RESEARCH: Coated steel, tinplate prices continue surge ahead of contract re-negotiations

June 13, 2021 / Staff reporter

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.Recent weeks have largely been a repetition of the weeks leading up to our previous tracker in mid-April. A flurry of price increases have been announced, and largely obtained, by leading steelmakers in both Europe and the United States while buyers struggle to secure spot tonnages.Although steel output is rising in both reg...Read More

RESEARCH: Welded pipe prices surge on substrate costs

June 13, 2021 / Staff reporter

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.Global welded pipe prices surged in May as strong demand and still-insufficient supply lifted flat steel prices.The biggest jumps were seen in China, which was hit by the unexpected announcement of the elimination of export rebates on welded pipes in April. Chinese seaborne prices reached $1,570 per tonne fob for longitudina...Read More

RESEARCH: HRC prices strengthen in May, buyer resistance grows

June 13, 2021 / Staff reporter

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.United States sheet prices hit record highs again in May, with upward momentum carrying into June. Actual US HRC prices averaged $1,712 per tonne in May, largely in line with our forecast of $1,698 per tonne. Strong underlying supply-and-demand conditions both in the US and globally are supporting prices as well as long lead...Read More

RESEARCH: Key takeaways from the latest Base Metals Market Tracker

June 13, 2021 / Staff reporter

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.These include an increase in our copper mine disruption estimates, upgrades to our production outlook for Indonesian nickel pig iron (NPI), a smaller refined zinc surplus, and an upgrade to our zinc price forecasts.Aluminium: Big disconnect between price and fundamentalsAluminium has extended its uptrend on the London Metal...Read More

RESEARCH: Stainless prices continue rise despite falling nickel costs

June 13, 2021 / Staff reporter

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts is ready to view.With nickel prices down by almost 20% over the space of around ten days during late February and early March, one might have been expecting us to be reporting sharply-lower prices of stainless steel, at least for the most common nickel-containing grades of stainless steel.This is not the case, at least in Europe and the Unite...Read More

RESEARCH: EU set to impose import duties on Indian, Indonesian stainless steel

June 13, 2021 / Staff reporter

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts is ready to view.Stainless steel prices and margins for stainless steel producers have risen notably over the past few months in both Europe and the United States, but there are now signs that the rally is petering out.A clear reason for the halt to rising prices comes from the near 20% drop in nickel prices seen in late February/early March,...Read More

RESEARCH: Tighter trade policy likely to raise global floor for stainless steel prices

June 13, 2021 / Staff reporter

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts is ready to view.Recent weeks have brought two key developments with regard to trade policy on stainless steel products that will be to the detriment of consumers.In China, the country's stainless steelmakers no longer enjoy a 13% export rebate as of May 1, reducing greatly their incentive to export and instead leading them to focus on supply...Read More

RESEARCH: Iron ore, met coal diverge while pressure grows for China scrap, metallics prices

June 13, 2021 / Staff reporter

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.Chinese blast furnace (BF) utilization rates have stagnated and iron ore port stock volumes are rising, reaching their highest levels since March, which suggests that iron ore supply is becoming excessive while demand is not growing. Unsurprisingly, prices dropped last week and we expect the trend to continue. The market has...Read More

RESEARCH: Brazil's iron ore export volumes recovering; mildly positive outlook for met coal

June 13, 2021 / Staff reporter

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.In the iron ore market, supply issues including heavy rains at the start of the year, followed by staffing problems during the Covid-19 pandemic, have affected exports from Brazil. This has helped Australia gain a larger market share, but since June, Brazilian export volumes have returned to levels last seen before the...Read More

RESEARCH: Supply boost threatens iron ore price spike

June 13, 2021 / Staff reporter

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.Iron ore remains the most bullish commodity of the year, with prices fuelled by Chinese demand and supply disruptions in Brazil, along with bullish sentiment. But prices are expected to come down because Brazilian exports have begun to recover, and have reached their highest level since the Brumadinho dam disaster in 2019. W...Read More

RESEARCH: Key takeaways from Coaltrans Asia; what to expect for scrap, metallics demand in China

June 13, 2021 / Staff reporter

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.Fastmarkets analysts were invited to present our outlook for the coking coal market at Coaltrans Asia, held online on November 23-25. One of the key topics at the event was the trade tensions between China and Australia, which overtook Mongolia to become the largest coking coal exporter to China this year...Read More

RESEARCH: Stainless price rally picks up speed

June 13, 2021 / Staff reporter

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts is ready to view.We spoke in our previous tracker of stainless steel prices ending 2020 on a high. That trend has continued during early 2021 and, in fact, the upward rally in prices has increased its momentum.Compared with the monthly price increase of some 5% seen at the end of 2020, prices for grade-304 stainless steel in al...Read More

GLOBAL FERRO-SILICON SNAPSHOT: Supply shortages continue to fuel US, EU gains

June 12, 2021 / Staff reporter

Key data from Fastmarkets' pricing sessions in China, the United States and Europe.China The spot ferro-silicon market availability became tighter following the news that a major Malaysian ferro-silicon producer has suspended production due to a Covid 19 outbreak, with supply shifting to China and supplier offers broadly holding steady. Market sentiment was positive after the autonomous...Read More

NEW ENERGY MATERIALS MARKET REPORT 11/06: Battery-grade lithium price rally pauses

June 12, 2021 / Staff reporter

An overview of the new energy materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Susan Zou, Yingchi Yang, and Sybil...Read More

NEW ENERGY MATERIALS MARKET REPORT 11/06: Battery-grade lithium price rally pauses

June 12, 2021 / Staff reporter

An overview of the new energy materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Susan Zou, Yingchi Yang, and Sybil...Read More

LIVE FUTURES REPORT 11/06: Most LME prices post increases over 1% to end consolidating week on a high

June 12, 2021 / Staff reporter

Zinc showed the biggest increase, at 1.6%, at the close on Friday June 11, while all other prices on the London Metal Exchange ended a week of consolidation on firmer footing.Zinc's three-month price rose to $3,044.50 per tonne, rising from a $2,995 per tonne on Thursday, and up by 1.5% since the start of the week. Similarly, lead's price was up 1.4% on Friday to $2,205.50 per tonne, giving i...Read More

ALUMINIUM FOUNDRY WRAP: US, European premiums flat, lagging other VAPs

June 12, 2021 / Staff reporter

Aluminium primary foundry alloy premiums in Europe and the United States were steady again on Friday June 11, without the price swings seen in other value-added product premiums.EuropeEuropean primary foundry alloy premiums (PFA) were flat on Friday, lagging behind other aluminium value-added products (VAP) such as billet.Market participants told Fastmarkets that lack of demand for the product fro...Read More

NEW ENERGY MATERIALS MARKET REPORT 11/06: Battery-grade lithium price rally pauses

June 12, 2021 / Staff reporter

An overview of the new energy materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Susan Zou, Yingchi Yang, and Sybil...Read More

COPPER CONCS SNAPSHOT: TC/RCs stable; spot buying slows

June 12, 2021 / Staff reporter

Spot copper-concentrate processing charges remained stable in the week to June 11 amid sluggish market conditions, Fastmarkets heard.Major Chinese smelters were carrying out maintenance so spot buying interest was low, which kept Fastmarkets copper concentrate treatment charge/refining charge (TC/RC) index, cif Asia Pacific largely unchanged.  A few spot parcels of...Read More

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