Nornickel's annual profit fell by 39% in 2020, despite a 15% increase in its revenues compared with 2019, according to financial results issued by the Russian miner on Tuesday February 16.Nornickel posted a net profit of $3.634 billion for 2020, down from $5.966 billion in 2019.Strong commodity prices, especially that for palladium, helped Nornickel end the year with a better bottom line than at m...Read More
Key data from Fastmarkets' pricing session in Europe on Wednesday February 17. Key drivers Limited supplies of titanium scrap pushed the low tin (Sn 0.5%) content grade price to a high last seen in August 2012, while higher tin content grade (Sn 0.5-2%) reached a high last seen in January 2013.European suppliers are positioning themselves for firmer demand in early March for second-quarter delive...Read More
The European Commission has initiated anti-subsidy proceedings concerning imports of cold-rolled stainless steel from India and Indonesia, it said in a notice in the official journal of the European Union on Wednesday February 17. The proceedings follow a complaint lodged by European steel association Eurofer on January 4 on behalf of the stainless steel industry in the European Union. The EU impo...Read More
China’s metals industry returned from holiday to find metal prices were higher and it would appear have chased prices higher, with all the base metals on the London Metal Exchange and Shanghai Futures Exchange showing gains this morning, Thursday February 18.* While the metals were higher, Asian equities were for the most part under pressure this morning* US 10-year treasury yields remains fi...Read More
Wal-Mart (WMT), a Dow Jones Industrial Average stock moved below $139.19 extending an intermediate downtrend following release of fourth quarter results.Shanghai Composite Index advanced 20.27 to 3,675.36 following resumption of trade after the one week celebration of Chinese New Year. The Shanghai Composite Index has a history of moving higher on a real and relative basis until mid-April followin...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday February 16 that are worth another look.With long-serving chief executive officer Ivan Glasenberg departing on a trade-fueled high, Glencore looks likely to continue along a familiar path while also tackling one of its biggest...Read More
A summary of base metals premiums from across the globe for the week to Tuesday February 16.Please click...Read More
A slight rebound in the US Dollar Index failed to stop rises in the prices for nickel (up by 1% at 5pm), aluminium and copper, but it triggered a slight decrease for the other half of the London Metal Exchange base-metals complex.Nickel's three-month price reached a new year-to-date high of $18,840 per tonne during afternoon trading on the LME on Tuesday February 16, and it was $18,814 per tonne a...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday February 16 that are worth another look.With long-serving chief executive officer Ivan Glasenberg departing on a trade-fueled high, Glencore looks likely to continue along a familiar path while also tackling one of its biggest...Read More
A summary of base metals premiums from across the globe for the week to Tuesday February 16.Please click...Read More
An overview of the chrome ore and alloy markets on Tuesday February 16 and their latest price moves.EuropeReduced availability of supplies continued to support ferro-chrome prices, with strong demand from Asia having diverted material away from Europe. Consumers needing material have had to accept higher offer...Read More
The latest data for the global manganese ore market for the week ended February 15, 2021.Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday February 16 that are worth another look.With long-serving chief executive officer Ivan Glasenberg departing on a trade-fueled high, Glencore looks likely to continue along a familiar path while also tackling one of its biggest...Read More
Ford Motor Co is the first United States-based automaker to join the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA), with plans to increasingly rely on mined minerals while it expands its investment in the electrification of its fleet, the company said on Monday February 15.The IRMA provides objective, third-party verification of industrial-scale mines, covering the full range of issues relate...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday February 16 that are worth another look.With long-serving chief executive officer Ivan Glasenberg departing on a trade-fueled high, Glencore looks likely to continue along a familiar path while also tackling one of its biggest...Read More
Turkish steel producers have extended their absence from the deep-sea scrap markets because they were focusing on finished steel sales, market sources said on Tuesday February 16.The daily scrap indices had risen by more than $22 per tonne week on week after two Turkish steelmakers booked US cargoes at $410 per tonne cfr on an HMS 1&2 (80:20) basis.Since the upturn in scrap prices, most Turkish st...Read More
With China still on holiday, base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange have been consolidating this morning, Tuesday February 16, even though broader markets remain upbeat. Optimism remains high while the market focuses on vaccine-enabled and stimulus-driven recoveriesWhile complacency is a risk, the pent-up enthusiasm from a year of Covid-19 may last a long timeBHP raises its outlook, citin...Read More
Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States achieved a new record high, after mills were able to collect top dollar for what little spot material they have available before May. Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US was calculated at $60.08 per hundredweight ($1,201.60 per short ton) on Tuesday February 16, an increase of 2.40% from $58.67 per cwt on Friday February 12, and u...Read More
Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in Northern Europe increased day on day on Tuesday February 16, driven by a material shortage, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets calculated its daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, at ?,?727.50 ($882.53) per tonne on Tuesday, up by ?,?9.37 per tonne from ?,?718.13 per tonne on February 15.The index was also up by ?,?17.50 per tonn...Read More
Buyers of flat steel in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were making no deals while they waited for new prices from China, which will be back from a national holiday soon, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday February 16.China's Lunar New Year holiday runs February 11-17.Offers were heard from India, but buyers believed that the prices were too high.End-user demand in both countries was al...Read More