Indian mills have increased domestic hot-rolled coil prices for April sales by 3,500-4,500 rupees ($47-60) per tonne on rising international prices of the commodity and tight supply in the domestic market."Mills are not supplying the required quantity to the trade segment which is leading to further increases in HRC prices in the spot market," one market participant said. Fastmarkets assessed ste...Read More
Hot-rolled coil producers in Turkey have started to accept orders for August production this week at increased prices, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday April 9. Prices have increased by at least $30-40 per tonne for hot-rolled coil and $60 per tonne for cold-rolled coil. Market participants said they do not expect price decreases any time soon because producers have already made booking for the...Read More
Automotive manufacturer Volvo Group and Swedish steelmaker SSAB have signed a collaboration agreement for the research, development, serial production and commercialization of the world's first vehicles to be made of fossil-free steel, the companies said on Thursday April 8. Volvo plans to start the production of concept vehicles and components produced from steel made by SSAB using hydrogen this...Read More
A shortage of domestic hot-rolled coil while supply is limited and the prices of overseas material are high are keeping sentiment bullish in the European market, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday April 9.Fastmarkets calculated its daily steel hot-rolled coil index domestic, exw Northern Europe at ?,?896.67 ($1,066.13) per tonne on April 9, up by ?,?1.67 per tonne from ?,?895 per tonne on April 8....Read More
Pig iron export prices from the south of Brazil increased due to new sales during the week to Friday April 9.Fastmarkets' price assessment for pig iron, export, fob port of Vitoria/Rio, Brazil was $520-525 per tonne on Friday, up by $10-20 from $500-515 per tonne the previous week.One sale...Read More
The United States' pig iron import market remained slow, with booking heard only from Brazil while a stand-off between buyers and suppliers from the Commonwealth of Independent States continued during the week to Friday April 9.Fastmarkets' price assessment for pig iron, import, cfr Gulf of Mexico, US was at $560-570 per tonne on Thursday, up by $5 per tonne from $555-565 per tonne the previous we...Read More
The price for UK light iron scrap narrowed upward in the week to Friday April 9 as a result of the rising international market in key export destinations, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel scrap 5C, loose old light, domestic, delivered inter-merchant, UK was ?145-155 ($199-213) per tonne on Friday, up by ?5 per tonne on the low end of the range from ?140-155 per t...Read More
Prices for shredded steel scrap imported into India and Pakistan rose in the week to Friday April 9 as a result of higher finished steel prices, sources told Fastmarkets.IndiaFastmarkets calculated its steel scrap, shredded, index, import, cfr Nhava Sheva, India, at $456.38per tonne on Friday, up from $443.30 per tonne on April 1.Deals were heard at $445-450 per tonne and $455 per tonne this week,...Read More
Turkish steel producers continued to book deep-sea scrap cargoes for May shipment on Friday April 9, market sources said.A steel mill in the Iskenderun region booked a Canadian cargo comprising 35,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (95:5) and 15,000 tonnes of shredded at an average price of $436 per tonne cfr.This compares with a United States cargo sold a day earlier at $438 per tonne cfr on shredded basis.As...Read More
Iron ore prices were mostly stable on Friday April 9 due to weak liquidity in the seaborne market and a downtrend in steel prices, sources said.Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $173.54 per tonne, up $0.44 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $174.01 per tonne, up $0.30 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $154.47 per tonne, down $0.31 per tonne65...Read More
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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 grade, in-whs Rotterdam,...Read More
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 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.Read More
Competitively priced imports from Asia could limit further prices increases for stainless steel flat products produced in Europe, despite ongoing tightness in the domestic market, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday April 9. Fastmarkets' assessment for stainless steel cold-rolled sheet 2mm grade 304 transaction domestic, delivered North Europe was ?,?2,800-2,850 ($3,329-3,389) per tonne on Friday,...Read More
Jiangxi Copper has canceled its plan to construct a copper scrap processing plant in Malaysia, chairman Zheng Gaoqing said on Thursday April 8 in a conference call to investors. In 2019, Jiangxi Copper became the first Chinese company to receive approval to set up a 150,000-tonne-per-year copper facility in Malaysia to process low quality copper scrap including insulated copper wire (ICW). Th...Read More
Chinese ferrous scrap buyers are considering higher bids for imported heavy scrap, with steel mills in both east and northeast China looking to purchase more quantities in the coming weeks."Buyers in the northeast can bid as high as $485-500 per tonne cfr China," a trader in China told Fastmarkets.A buyer source at a south China-based steel mill said he was willing to purchase at $480-500 per tonn...Read More
Import prices for ferrous scrap in Vietnam are still increasing due to a strengthening downstream steel market, though the rate of increase has slowed, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday April 9.A higher auction price at Japan's Kanto Tetsugen, a cooperative of scrap dealers in the Tokyo area, will likely support further price increases.Bulk cargoes of Japanese H2 scrap were offered to Vietnam at...Read More