Domestic steel reinforcing bar prices in the United States were sideways this week, with the combination of demand and backlogs expected to sustain what many market participants believe is a price peak.Fastmarkets' assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), fob mill US was $49.25 per hundredweight ($985 per short ton) on Wednesday October 6, unchanged since August 11 but up by 65.55% from $29.7...Read More
Brazilian mineral production rose by 9.61% year on year in January-August 2021 amid the inauguration or reopening of some iron ore operations in the country, national mining institute Ibram said on Wednesday October 6.The country produced 833 million tonnes in the first eight months of 2021, up from 760 million tonnes a year before, according to the association. In the same period, mining revenues...Read More
Iron ore prices were largely stable on Wednesday October 6 amid low liquidity in both the physical and futures markets during the Chinese Golden Week holidays, sources said.Fastmarkets iron ore indices62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $116.71 per tonne, up $0.13 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $119.63 per tonne, up $0.29 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $90.31 per to...Read More
Brazilian mineral production rose by 9.61% year on year in January-August 2021 amid the inauguration or reopening of some iron ore operations in the country, national mining institute Ibram said on Wednesday October 6.The country produced 833 million tonnes in the first eight months of 2021, up from 760 million tonnes a year before, according to the association. In the same period, mining revenues...Read More
Brazilian mineral production rose by 9.61% year on year in January-August 2021 amid the inauguration or reopening of some iron ore operations in the country, national mining institute Ibram said on Wednesday October 6.The country produced 833 million tonnes in the first eight months of 2021, up from 760 million tonnes a year before, according to the association. In the same period, mining revenues...Read More
Key data from Fastmarkets' pricing session in Europe on Wednesday October 6.Key driversEuropean ferro-titanium and titanium scrap markets extended their steady trend for a fifth consecutive week, with suppliers holding offer prices against expected renewed demand from steel mills.Deals were reported within current price ranges, but the bulk of expected renewed quarterly demand from steel mills for...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday October 6 that are worth another look.Significantly rising energy prices have forced European steelmakers to look for ways to compensate for surging production costs, but mills lack a unified approach to the problem; some are introducing energy surcharges while others...Read More
Thyssenkrupp Steel has launched a form of steel with a reduction in CO2 intensity of 70%, it said.Using hot-briquetted iron (HBI), the carbon emission intensity per tonne of lower-CO2 flat steel products - which it calls "bluemint" - is 70% lower at 0.6 tonnes of CO2 per tonne than the 1.5 tonnes that would be produced otherwise, the steelmaker said on Wednesday October 6.Thyssenkrupp's "bluemint...Read More
Turkey's steel and industrial gas producer Habas is planning to start hybrid vehicle production at a former Honda plant, according to a report seen by Fastmarkets.Honda terminated vehicle production in its plant in Kocaeli, Turkey, in September 2021. Habas is in touch with almost 30 engineering companies to start hybrid...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday October 6 that are worth another look.Significantly rising energy prices have forced European steelmakers to look for ways to compensate for surging production costs, but mills lack a unified approach to the problem; some are introducing energy surcharges while others...Read More
An overview of the consumer electronics markets and their latest price moves.Susan Zou in...Read More
Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States dipped for the fourth consecutive business day, consolidating around the $97.30-per-hundredweight ($1,946-per-short-ton) level, with several buyers insisting the pricing rally may have hit its peak.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US was calculated at $97.32 per cwt ($1,946.40 per ton) on Wednesday October 6, down by 7 cents (0.07...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday October 6 that are worth another look.Significantly rising energy prices have forced European steelmakers to look for ways to compensate for surging production costs, but mills lack a unified approach to the problem; some are introducing energy surcharges while others...Read More
Brazilian miner Vale has halted copper concentrate production at its Salobo mine after a conveyor belt caught fire, the company said on Tuesday October 5.The company expects to resume output by the end of October. Other mining activities and maintenance will continue as normal at the site, it said.Salobo is located in Brazil's northern Par?? state and produced 172,700 tonnes...Read More
Saarstahl Ascoval, the French subsidiary of Saarstahl, has shipped its first low-carbon steel billet to its Burbach Works, in Saarland, Germany, the company said on Tuesday October 5.The steel was produced via electric-arc furnace (EAF) at Saarstahl Ascoval, in Saint-Saulve, which combines recycling management with a new manufacturing technology using carbon-neutral electricity, the company...Read More
The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.This month's key North American steel forecast highlights:US prices for hot-rolled coil moved in line with our forecasts in August, averaging $1,910 per ton, within 1% accuracy of our forecast of $1,925 per ton. The market has achieved much-needed stability in recent weeks, with prices fluctuating in the range of $1,900-1,94...Read More
The heads of companies representing one-third of the world's mining and metals industry have signed a letter committing to a goal of net-zero Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 or sooner, in line with the ambitions of the Paris Agreement.Twenty-eight companies, including Anglo American, BHP, Glencore, Rio Tinto and Vale, made a collective commitment as members of the Internationa...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday October 5 that are worth another look.Ukrainian authorities are preparing to ban scrap exports from the country to help local steelmakers.The heads of companies representing one-third of the world's mining and metals industry...Read More
The prices of steel rebar and billet in the United Arab Emirates have decreased further, with demand still low, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday October 5.The country' biggest rebar producer, Emirates Steel, decreased its price to $655 per tonne ex-works (2,406 dirhams) on Tuesday September 28, down from $710 per tonne.This discount resulted in lower deal and offer prices, sources said.Dom...Read More
Rio Tinto has reached a new collective labor agreement with the union representing workers at its Kitimat aluminium smelter in British Columbia, Canada, following a vote by the union's members, the company said on Monday October 4.Rio Tinto and Unifor Local 2301 also reached an agreement on a memorandum of understanding "for a new way of working together and on a return-to-work protocol." "Ou...Read More