Base Metal Stocks Articles

Trade log: Cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lb

June 18, 2020 / Staff reporter

The cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam 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...Read More

Trade log: Cobalt alloy grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lb

June 18, 2020 / Staff reporter

The cobalt alloy grade, in-whs Rotterdam 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

Trade log: Cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lb

June 18, 2020 / Staff reporter

The cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam 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...Read More

EUROPE SECTIONS: Market remains under pressure ahead of quota renewal

June 18, 2020 / Staff reporter

Prices for hollow steel sections in Europe continued to move down on Wednesday June 17, with feedstock prices continuing to fall ahead of the imminent renewal of the EU's import quotas, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel sections (medium), domestic, delivered Northern Europe, was ?,?540-560($610-633) per tonne on Wednesday, down from ?,?550-560 per tonne a week e...Read More

US wire rod price flat; sentiment weakening

June 18, 2020 / Staff reporter

Wire rod prices in the United States were stable after rising lastmonth, but downward pressure has been mounting with Covid-19 pandemic-related uncertainty continuing to cast a pall over buying activity in the domestic market. Fastmarkets' monthly assessment for steel wire rod (low carbon) industrial quality, fob mill US held at $30-31 per hundredweight ($600-620 per short ton) on Tuesday June 16,...Read More

EUROPE BEAMS: Prices inch down after unexpected fall in feedstock costs

June 18, 2020 / Staff reporter

The price for steel H-beams in Europe moved down Wednesday June 17, after feedstock costs in the region were settled lower than expected, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel beams, domestic, delivered Northern Europe, was ?,?520-550 ($587-621) per tonne on Wednesday, down from ?,?530-550 per tonne a week earlier."The [beam] price is slightly lower this week due...Read More

DAILY STEEL SCRAP REPORT: Prices stable after fresh US booking

June 18, 2020 / Staff reporter

Turkish steel producers continued to book deep-sea scrap for July shipment at steady prices on Wednesday June 17, sources told Fastmarkets.A steel mill in the Iskenderun region booked a US cargo, comprising 17,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $267 per tonne cfr and 15,000 tonnes of shredded at $272 per tonne cfr.Following the news of the US transaction, the change in the daily scrap indices was on...Read More

IRON ORE DAILY: Seaborne prices buckle amid lack of clarity on demand outlook

June 18, 2020 / Staff reporter

Seaborne iron ore prices weakened on Wednesday June 17 amid concerns over the demand outlook for steel products.Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $104.09 per tonne, down $0.76 per tonne. 62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $106.43 per tonne, down $1.37 per tonne. 58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $92.78 per tonne, down $1.23 per tonne. 65% Fe Brazil-o...Read More

RESEARCH: Key takeaways from the latest Seamless OCTG and Linepipe Market Tracker

June 18, 2020 / Staff reporter

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.US prices continue to hold Seamless oil country tubular goods (OCTG) and line pipe prices remained unchanged for the third straight month in June, and we expect them to remain stable through the summer before edging higher on the back of a measured rise in drilling rates.The lack of price movement in recent months does not i...Read More

EUROPE SECTIONS: Market remains under pressure ahead of quota renewal

June 18, 2020 / Staff reporter

Prices for hollow steel sections in Europe continued to move down on Wednesday June 17, with feedstock prices continuing to fall ahead of the imminent renewal of the EU's import quotas, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel sections (medium), domestic, delivered Northern Europe, was ?,?540-560($610-633) per tonne on Wednesday, down from ?,?550-560 per tonne a week e...Read More

EU new car sales fall 52.3% in May despite easing of Covid-19 lockdown measures

June 18, 2020 / Staff reporter

Sales of passenger cars in Europe tumbled by 52.26% year on year in May 2020, marking the fifth consecutive month of decline.New car sales in Europe totaled 581,161 vehicles in May 2020, down from 1,217,259 units sold in the corresponding month of 2019, the European Automotive Manufacturers Association (ACEA) said on Wednesday June...Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from June 17

June 18, 2020 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday June 17 that are worth another look.The European Commission (EC) has outlined plans to regulate access of foreign investors in the single market of the European Union, the commission said on its website on June 17.European Aluminium has called on the European Commission (EC) to address the distorting effects of foreign subsidies...Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from June 17

June 18, 2020 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday June 17 that are worth another look.The European Commission (EC) has outlined plans to regulate access of foreign investors in the single market of the European Union, the commission said on its website on June 17.European Aluminium has called on the European Commission (EC) to address the distorting effects of foreign subsidies...Read More

RESEARCH: Key takeaways from the latest Seamless OCTG and Linepipe Market Tracker

June 18, 2020 / Staff reporter

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.US prices continue to hold Seamless oil country tubular goods (OCTG) and line pipe prices remained unchanged for the third straight month in June, and we expect them to remain stable through the summer before edging higher on the back of a measured rise in drilling rates.The lack of price movement in recent months does not i...Read More

EUROPE SECTIONS: Market remains under pressure ahead of quota renewal

June 18, 2020 / Staff reporter

Prices for hollow steel sections in Europe continued to move down on Wednesday June 17, with feedstock prices continuing to fall ahead of the imminent renewal of the EU's import quotas, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel sections (medium), domestic, delivered Northern Europe, was ?,?540-560($610-633) per tonne on Wednesday, down from ?,?550-560 per tonne a week e...Read More

LIVE FUTURES REPORT 17/06: LME nickel price slips 1.3% in lackluster afternoon; zinc breaches $2,000/t

June 18, 2020 / Staff reporter

The three-month nickel price was the worst-performing LME base metal at the close of trading on Wednesday June 17, with a 1.3% downturn, while a steady climb in zinc futures saw it overcome nearby resistance. Nickel's outright price on the London Metal Exchange closed at $12,871 per tonne on Wednesday afternoon, with selling pressure seeing it fall from an intraday high of $13,045 per tonne,...Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from June 17

June 18, 2020 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday June 17 that are worth another look.The European Commission (EC) has outlined plans to regulate access of foreign investors in the single market of the European Union, the commission said on its website on June 17.European Aluminium has called on the European Commission (EC) to address the distorting effects of foreign subsidies...Read More

PEOPLE MOVES: BHP names Lamont as new CFO

June 18, 2020 / Staff reporter

BHP has appointed David Lamont as its new chief financial officer effective December 1, 2020, ahead of the departure of the current CFO Peter Beaven, the company announced on Wednesday June 17.Currently Lamont is the CFO of the Australia Stock Exchange-listed biotech company CSL, a position he has held since January 2016.Read More

FOCUS: Time to revisit Asia's largest untapped zinc-lead deposit?

June 18, 2020 / Staff reporter

At 5,500 meters above sea level, a team of four from a major Chinese zinc smelter was driving up a snowy mountain in the summer of 2018, on their way to the country's largest known zinc-lead deposit - the Huoshaoyun deposit southwest of Hotan County in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.But the field trip came to an abrupt end when the team was just two hours away from the site.  "We...Read More

LIVE FUTURES REPORT 17/06: LME nickel price slips 1.3% in lackluster afternoon; zinc breaches $2,000/t

June 18, 2020 / Staff reporter

The three-month nickel price was the worst-performing LME base metal at the close of trading on Wednesday June 17, with a 1.3% downturn, while a steady climb in zinc futures saw it overcome nearby resistance. Nickel's outright price on the London Metal Exchange closed at $12,871 per tonne on Wednesday afternoon, with selling pressure seeing it fall from an intraday high of $13,045 per tonne,...Read More

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