Export prices for Brazil-origin steel slab rose in the week to Friday June 4 and touched $1,000 per tonne for the first time due to higher offers to the United States and overall expectations that the global uptrend will persist.Fastmarkets assessed the price for steel slab export, fob main port Brazil at a fresh all-time high of $980-1,000 per tonne on Friday, up by $10 per tonne from $970-990 pe...Read More
The export pig iron market from the Commonwealth of Independent States was calm during the week to Thursday June 3 amid an uncertain price trend.Fastmarkets assessed the price of high-manganese pig iron, export, fob main port Black Sea, CIS at $625-635 per tonne on Thursday, widening downward from $630-635 per tonne on June 2.The latest sales from CIS to the United States were reported at $665 per...Read More
Aluminium billet premiums diverged on Friday June 4, with those in Germany and Thailand rising to all-time highs while those in Brazil and the United States slipped.Germany premium touches $1,000 per tonne for first timeThailand premium jumps to all-time highUS premium dips from all-time high levelBrazil premium softens in quieter marketEuropeEuropean billet premiums hit fresh all-time highs on Ju...Read More
London Metal Exchange base metals prices recovered swiftly at the close of Friday June 4 after lighter-than-expected US employment data kicked down the dollar index, following a Thursday session where decreases averaged 2.5%. Copper's three-month price rebounded to $9,955 per tonne on Friday at the close, a 1.7% rise from Thursday's $9,788.50 per tonne 5pm price. At the same time on Thursday, the...Read More
Prices in Turkey for hot-dipped and pre-painted galvanized steel coil were forced downward during the week to Friday June 4 in order to remain competitive, sources have told Fastmarkets.Demand was strong to moderate in the export markets, but the prices offered by Vietnam to Europe were about $30-40 per tonne lower than offers from Turkish suppliers.As a result, Turkish coated coil producers decre...Read More
Market activity has been slow in the European hot-rolled coil market because buyers were holding back from new deals to monitor the situation in the global market and to wait for a decision in the regional safeguard measures case, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday June 4.Domestic prices have been supported by good order books at European steelmakers, however, and by limited access to overseas coi...Read More
Fastmarkets' copper concentrate treatment charge and refining charge (TC/RC) index gained further upward momentum on Friday June 4 amid limited spot buying interest from Chinese smelters who are undergoing maintenance work. The index is now at its highest level since late February when it was at $35.80 per tonne / 3.58 cents per lb. This week, a few spot parcels of standard concentrate w...Read More
The export pig iron market from the Commonwealth of Independent States was calm during the week to Thursday June 3 amid an uncertain price trend.Fastmarkets assessed the price of high-manganese pig iron, export, fob main port Black Sea, CIS at $625-635 per tonne on Thursday, widening downward from $630-635 per tonne on June 2.The latest sales from CIS to the United States were reported at $665 per...Read More
The price of stainless steel scrap in the UK and Europe moved upward this week amid higher nickel costs and persistent short supply, Fastmarkets heard on Friday June 4.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for stainless steel scrap 18/8 solids, domestic, delivered merchants UK, widened upward week on week to ?1,150-1,240 ($1,626-1,753) per tonne on Friday, compared with ?1,150-1,180 per tonne pre...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.Fastmarkets assessed Cobalt alloy...Read More
China's domestic rebar prices edged up on Friday June 4 on stronger demand ahead of the weekend, ending the week 200-yuan-per-tonne above the previous Friday's close in the eastern region, sources said.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 5,030-5,060 yuan ($785-790) per tonne, widening upward by 10 yuan per tonne.Northern China (Beijing) weekly assessment: 5,160-5,200 yuan per tonne, up by 160-170 yu...Read More
Prices for inter-merchant light iron scrap in the United Kingdom were stable for the second consecutive week on Friday June 4, with suppliers maintaining their offer prices amid firm domestic demand despite some mixed signs in export markets, trade sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel scrap 5C, loose old light, domestic, delivered inter-merchant, UK was ?170-180 ($240-...Read More
Key data from Fastmarkets' pricing sessions in China, Europe and the United States on Friday June 4. China Seaborne low- and high-grade manganese ore markets jumped as much as 12.31% after miners raised offers for July shipment amid protracted high freight rates and a strengthening South African rand. Sentiment was boosted by news that Ningxia province, China's second largest silico-ma...Read More
Export prices for Brazil-origin steel slab rose in the week to Friday June 4 and touched $1,000 per tonne for the first time due to higher offers to the United States and overall expectations that the global uptrend will persist.Fastmarkets assessed the price for steel slab export, fob main port Brazil at a fresh all-time high of $980-1,000 per tonne on Friday, up by $10 per tonne from $970-990 pe...Read More
An overview of the new energy materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Susan Zou, Yingchi Yang and...Read More
Indian steel mills have increased their domestic hot-rolled coil prices by 2,500-5,000 rupees ($34-68) per tonne for sales in June, bringing local prices closer to international HRC prices, Fastmarkets heard on Friday June 4.The price of steel HRC, domestic ex-whse India, was assessed by Fastmarkets at 68,500-70,500 rupees ($938-965) per tonne on Friday, compared with last week's assessment at...Read More
Fastmarkets has corrected its manganese 99.7% electrolytic manganese flake, in-whs Rotterdam price, which was published incorrectly on Friday June 4 due to an error. Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for manganese 99.7% electrolytic manganese flake, in-whs Rotterdam (MB-MN-0001) was originally published at $3,350-3,475 per tonne on June 4. It should have been $3,350-3,550 per tonne. Fastma...Read More
The pig iron import market in the United States was firm during the week to Friday June 4 because buyers needed to accomplish further restocking.Fastmarkets' price assessment for pig iron, import, cfr Gulf of Mexico, US, was $665 per tonne on Friday, unchanged week on week.Sources had estimated the market level at $665 per tonne and one fresh booking of Russia-origin material was reported at this...Read More
Prices for galvanized steel sheet in the United States strengthened to another all-time high, and cold-rolled coil held steady at a record, after buyers in dire need of restocking reported a persistent inability to procure spot material.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel cold-rolled coil, fob mill US was unchanged at $91 per hundredweight ($1,820 per short ton) on Thursday June 3. The...Read More
Appetites for steel scrap exports were broadly subdued in the week to Friday June 4, with the exception of imports into India and Pakistan.Turkey cooled its importing activity amid softer demand for finished steel, adjusting offers downwardPrices for cargoes from the East and West Coasts of the US divergedVietnamese importers stayed out of the market amid price-trend confusionChinese appetites wer...Read More