China's domestic rebar prices fell to an eight-month low on Wednesday November 10, with the decline coming amid persistently weak demand.Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 4,640-4,670 yuan ($726-730) per tonne, down by 260-270 yuan per tonnePrices are now at their lowest since March 12, when they were at 4,700-4,730 yuan per tonne.The major reason for the sharp decline was bearish sentiment caused...Read More
Europe's domestic prices for heavy plate moved down slightly in the week to Wednesday November 10 following a large rise a week earlier, sources told Fastmarkets.Sentiment in the market, however, remains bullish due to high energy, transport and slab costs. Last week, domestic plate prices jumped by ?,?70-100 ($81-116) per tonne, reflecting offers and some transactions heard in the market. This we...Read More
An overview of the consumer electronics markets and their latest price moves on Wednesday November 10.Ruby Liu in...Read More
Stainless scrap prices in the United States continued to inch up despite slightly reduced scrap requirements from the consuming mills given the year-end holiday season and maintenance shutdowns.Demand remains solid, however, and stainless scrap prices have continued to move higher. Sources credited solid nickel values on the London Metal Exchange, an uptrend in the ferrous scrap market for Novembe...Read More
Focusing on the United Nation's 17 Sustainable Development Goals could be a "better framework" to capture the overlap between the environmental, societal and governmental aspects that mining companies have to consider in their moves toward sustainability, the chief executive officer of International Council of Mining and Metals Rohitesh Dhawan said on November 10. Speaking at the UN's COP26 meetin...Read More
Base metal prices on the London Metal Exchange were mixed, although largely unchanged by the 5pm close on Wednesday November 10."After such a massive bout of risk reduction, prices were always likely to enter a choppy phase," Alastair Munro, LME desk analyst at Marex said."Enough uncertainty remains to make any view tough to hold. Largely speaking, we still see a largely positive micro picture, al...Read More
The waiting time to deliver aluminium out of Istim's London Metal Exchange-registered warehouses in Port Klang, Malaysia, has risen to 137 days, according to the LME's latest queue report.The queue was 98 days at the end of September. In total, 49,775 tonnes were delivered out of Istim warehouses in Port Klang in October. There are now just 492,780 tonnes left at Istim warehouses in the regio...Read More
Nickel premiums rose in Europe and the United States in the week ended November 10 due to tight supply conditions pushing premiums and spot activity higher; China retreated slightly amid an increased arbitrage loss.US nickel premiums continue to rise to historic highsPremiums in Europe rise to highest level in 2021Chinese premiums retreat slightly with arbitrage loss between London and ShanghaiEur...Read More
The nickel briquette premium in the United States gained 40.9% during the week to Tuesday November 9 on some forced spot buying, surpassing the cut cathode premium for the first time ever.Fastmarkets introduced assessments based on the shape of the nickel in March 2018. Square cut cathode commanded three times the premium for curved briquette at the start of this year.But throughout this year, sup...Read More
A summary of London Metal Exchange warrant premiums for the week to Wednesday November 10.Please click...Read More
Domestic steel reinforcing bar prices in the United States were flat week on week at a 13-year high, with many market participants expecting the number to increase again before long.Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), fob mill US was $50.25 per hundredweight ($1,005 per short ton) on Wednesday November 10, sideways from the previous week at its highest point since the...Read More
Prices for hot-rolled coil in the United States hit their lowest point since July amid market conditions most sources have described as slow, bearish and volatile.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US was calculated at $92.33 per hundredweight ($1,846.60 per short ton) on Wednesday November 10, down by 0.90% from $93.17 per cwt on Tuesday November 9 and by 1.07% from $93.33 p...Read More
Turkish flat steel producers need to avoid sudden price changes if they want to keep their share of the domestic and export markets, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday November 10."The producers increase their prices sharply when demand improves in any region, but such increases are not accepted by buyers," an executive with a Turkish steel producer said. "Then producers start giving discounts,...Read More
The weakening of the markets for flat and long steel in Asia that was created by the sharp drop in futures prices in China this week has had a negative effect on Iranian exporters, which sell most of their semi-finished steel volumes to the region, Fastmarkets heard on Wednesday November 10.Fastmarkets' daily price assessment for steel hot-rolled coil, domestic, ex-whs Eastern China, was 4,650-4,7...Read More
A lack of supportive factors in the global market has resulted in lower interest in Commonwealth of Independent States-origin export billet from the customer side, eventually influencing bids.One of the most negative factors was a sharp drop in the Chinese long-steel market due to the bearish sentiment caused by many days of weak demand, market sources said.The assessment for steel...Read More
The US ferrous scrap market is showing no signs of retreat ahead of the December trade, with sellers confident that fundamentals will remain in their favor through the January trade - even if export market opportunities grow cold.Sentiment for the the final trade of the year is positive, with some participants calling the December market sideways at worse. Many sellers suggested they will hold mat...Read More
Scrap export activity on the US East Coast has been muted, with exporters there roundly rejecting Turkish mills' lower offers for ferrous scrap given exceptionally tight supply in the wake of November's frenetic domestic trade.One East Coast exporter dismissed a bid of $498 per tonne cfr for an 80:20 mix of No1 and No2 heavy melting scrap out of hand at the start of the week, a Turkish trader told...Read More
Anglo American has signed a deal with the state government of Minas Gerais, in Brazil, to invest 4.4 billion Reais ($797 million) in its Minas-Rio iron ore unit by 2025, the company said on Tuesday November 9.The agreement includes technological modernization work, construction work and all actions needed for future capacity expansions, it added. Minas Gerais, which is in southeast Brazil, will pr...Read More
Turkish steel mills resumed their deep-sea scrap imports on Wednesday November 10, with prices showing a slight downturn, market participants told Fastmarkets.A steel mill in the Marmara region booked a Baltic Sea cargo comprising 20,000 tonnes of heavy melting scrap 1&2 (80:20) at $497 per tonne and 10,000 tonnes of bonus at $517 per tonne cfr.The same mill booked a second Baltic Sea cargo consis...Read More
Exporters of steel scrap from Japan are finding it increasingly difficult to find buyers for their material at acceptable prices, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday November 10.Wednesday saw another price decrease at major buyer Tokyo Steel, which will drop its buy prices by ?500 ($4) per tonne across all grades and all works with effect from November 11. This will be the third decrease so far...Read More