Seaborne hard coking coal prices fob Australia dipped day on day on Tuesday October 6 in the run-up to the conclusion of a tender that some market participants say they expect will fetch lower prices.Fastmarkets indices Premium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $137.46 per tonne, down $0.25 per tonne. Premium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $145.10 per tonne, unchanged. Hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $113....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 transparency into the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies. Fastmarkets assessed Cobalt...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 transparency into the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies. Read More
The recovery in manganese alloys prices in Europe in the past week or two may have limited space to move higher in the near term due to depressed end-user steel demand in the automotive and construction sectors, according to trade sources and available industry data. Until the past week or two, manganese alloys prices in Europe had been trending downward since late April due to the effects that na...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were weaker across the board this morning, Wednesday October 7, while equity markets were mixed.* US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powel warned too little stimulus is worse than too much.* International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva warns economic “calamity is far from over”.* US President Donald Trump postpones stimulus talks wit...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday October 5 that are worth another look.Tata Steel Europe has strongly denied reports that it will sell its UK-based asset to Chinese steel giant Jingye.After United States sanctions cut off supplies of microchips...Read More
The three-month nickel price on the London Metal Exchange was higher at the close of trading on Monday October 5, climbing firmly above nearby resistance at $14,600 per tonne despite the complex-wide absence of Asian trading volumes.A similar upsurge saw LME tin futures close above the $18,000-per-tonne threshold for the first time in a fortnight.Nickel's outright price on the LME closed at $14,64...Read More
After United States sanctions cut off supplies of microchips for Huawei smartphones, alarm bells began to ring out across all Chinese industries deemed as pivotal to the country's future development, but reliant on imported materials.And the base metals sector is one of the key areas, according to the chairman of Zijin Mining, Chen Jing-He. "Now we know the importance of securing the sup...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday October 5 that are worth another look.Tata Steel Europe has strongly denied reports that it will sell its UK-based asset to Chinese steel giant Jingye.After United States sanctions cut off supplies of microchips...Read More
After United States sanctions cut off supplies of microchips for Huawei smartphones, alarm bells began to ring out across all Chinese industries deemed as pivotal to the country's future development, but reliant on imported materials.And the base metals sector is one of the key areas, according to the chairman of Zijin Mining, Chen Jing-He. "Now we know the importance of securing the sup...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday October 5 that are worth another look.Tata Steel Europe has strongly denied reports that it will sell its UK-based asset to Chinese steel giant Jingye.After United States sanctions cut off supplies of microchips...Read More
Global production volumes of silico-manganese rose by 0.6% in August from July on growth in the Asia and Oceania markets, the latest data from the International Manganese Institute (IMnI) shows.Global silico-manganese production rose to about 1.44 million tonnes of manganese alloy in August, which represented a fall of 8.6% year on year, the data shows.Silico-manganese production from the Asia and...Read More
Global production volumes of manganese ore fell by 2.5% in August from July, following falls in output from Asia and Oceania, the Americas and CIS, the latest data from the International Manganese Institute (IMnI) shows.Global production fell to about 1.95 million tonnes of manganese units in August, which represented an increase 0.3% year on year, the latest data shows. Production from Africa an...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday October 5 that are worth another look.Tata Steel Europe has strongly denied reports that it will sell its UK-based asset to Chinese steel giant Jingye.After United States sanctions cut off supplies of microchips...Read More
After United States sanctions cut off supplies of microchips for Huawei smartphones, alarm bells began to ring out across all Chinese industries deemed as pivotal to the country's future development, but reliant on imported materials.And the base metals sector is one of the key areas, according to the chairman of Zijin Mining, Chen Jing-He. "Now we know the importance of securing the sup...Read More
Turkish steel producers stepped away from the deep-sea scrap market on the first working day of the week, while simultaneously negotiating lower prices, sources said on Monday October 5.Steel mills in Turkey had booked three deep-sea cargoes at the end of last week, putting the HMS 1&2 (80:20) price at $284 per tonne cfr for European material and at $289 per tonne cfr for Balti...Read More
The spodumene price cif China halted its multi-month downtrend at the end of September after customer inquiries for spodumene sourced from Western Australia increased, and sources told Fastmarkets they expect further rises.Spodumene mined from hard rock in Western Australia is a feedstock material used in the production of lithium chemicals that go into batteries for electric vehicles (EVs). Most...Read More
Most Turkish flat steel prices decreased toward the end of September 2020 and market sources expected further price reductions to come amid price falls for raw materials, Fastmarkets heard on Monday October 5.Turkish flat steel producers were fully booked through September, with trading sources reporting that the market was moderate for most of the month because of strong demand in Asia at the beg...Read More
Domestic prices for hot rolled coil in Europe were fairly stable day on day on Monday October 5, although buyers have been holding back from deals because of the long lead times on domestic coil, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets calculated its daily steel hot rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, at ?,?493.33 ($577.94) per tonne on Monday October 5, up by ?,?2.30 per tonne fro...Read More
Domestic prices for steel hot-rolled coil across Europe inched up over the week to Friday October 2, although the price momentum has slowed down due to muted trading activity. Sentiment in the market, meanwhile, was largely upbeat over the assessment period. Fastmarkets calculated the daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe at ?,?491.03 ($575.24) per tonne on Friday O...Read More