Key data from the pricing session in London on Friday February 5.Key drivers The downward correction in prices has continued over the past week, with the market dropping to a one-month low on profit-taking amid an active spot market, and expectations of more material arriving in European...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...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...Read More
The tantalum concentrate market continued to move higher at the beginning of February, following a slow start to the year, amid supply worries caused by lockdowns in Rwanda and renewed end-user demand, market sources told Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets assessed the price of tantalite, basis 25% min Ta2O5, cif China at $63-65 per lb on Friday February 5, unchanged from the previous week's assessment...Read More
Polish ferro-silicon producer Huta Laziska is producing standard grade ferro-silicon (Si 75%) at close to full capacity, extending its rate of output from late last year, amid a rally in European prices that started in August, an industry source has told Fastmarkets. Huta Laziska has an annual production capacity of close to 80,000-90,000 tonnes per year of the grade, and made only minor adjustmen...Read More
Seaborne low-grade manganese ore prices dropped for the second consecutive week on Friday February 5 on weakening demand and high Chinese port stocks, which outweighed logistical disruptions. Fastmarkets' manganese ore index 37% Mn, cif Tianjin dropped 6 cents week on week to $4.62 per dry metric tonne unit (dmtu) on February 5. Fastmarkets' manganese ore 44% Mn, cif Tianjin edged up 2 c...Read More
With the exception of tin, base metals prices on both the London Metal Exchange and Shanghai Futures Exchange were firmer this morning, Tuesday February 9, as were the precious metals and oil, while the US dollar continued with its recent pullback.* Oil prices hits $61 per barrel, highest since January 2020, on production cuts* Bitcoin surges as Tesla shows support for the cryptocurrency* United S...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 7 points in pre-opening trade. Investors are waiting for news from the Trump impeachment trial starting at 1:00 PM EST today.Carnival slipped $0.22 to $21.39 after JP Morgan lowered its target price from $25 to $23Autodesk was unchanged at $302.81 after Stifel Nicolaus raised its target price from $285 to $342.Ford wa...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday February 5 that are worth another look.South American import prices for flat-rolled steel were mostly down week on week on February 5 on a persistent Chinese downtrend.Customers should be given the choice to...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday February 5 that are worth another look.South American import prices for flat-rolled steel were mostly down week on week on February 5 on a persistent Chinese downtrend.Customers should be given the choice to...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday February 5 that are worth another look.South American import prices for flat-rolled steel were mostly down week on week on February 5 on a persistent Chinese downtrend.Customers should be given the choice to...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday February 5 that are worth another look.South American import prices for flat-rolled steel were mostly down week on week on February 5 on a persistent Chinese downtrend.Customers should be given the choice to...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday February 4 that are worth another look.Brazil-based miner Vale has reached a settlement with local prosecutors to pay 37.7 billion Reais ($7.03 billion) in reparations for the deadly disaster that hit the city of Brumadinho in January 2019, it said...Read More
Turkish prices for hot-rolled and cold-rolled coil both fell in January 2021, with the market slow to moderate because of decreasing prices globally, Fastmarkets heard on Thursday February 4.The country's HRC producers were fully booked until late April, so most market participants expected prices to show more correction, after the sharp increases in November and December 2020."There was a shortag...Read More
Michael Lillja will join Outokumpu as senior sales director in March, Fastmarkets understands.The chrome market veteran will join the Helsinki-listed stainless steel manufacturer and ferro-chrome producer...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday February 5 that are worth another look.South American import prices for flat-rolled steel were mostly down week on week on February 5 on a persistent Chinese downtrend.Customers should be given the choice to...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday February 5 that are worth another look.South American import prices for flat-rolled steel were mostly down week on week on February 5 on a persistent Chinese downtrend.Customers should be given the choice to...Read More
The Biden administration's focus on US manufacturing and domestic supply chains will benefit established and developing minerals and metals sectors, including steel, rare earths, graphite and lithium.US President Joe Biden's executive order on the strengthening of American manufacturing, which he signed during his first week in office, is expected to have a direct effect on demand for US-produced...Read More
The frenzy of buying activity in silver, attributed to a group of retail investors using the Reddit forum r/WallStreetBets and other social media sites, is waning.The silver surge - which began on January 27 and saw the price of the industrial metal soar to an eight-year high of more than $30 per oz before slipping to just below $27 per oz by Tuesday January 2 - followed a phenomenal upswell in th...Read More
The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.The conequences of the Covid-19 pandemic on energy demand affected oil and gas prices through much of 2020 and weighed on drilling rates and demand for oil-country tubular goods (OCTG) in most regions.These effects were most likely to continue well into 2021 and perhaps longer, according to Fastmarkets OCTG Intelligence Serv...Read More