Ukrainian authorities are preparing to ban scrap exports from the country to help local steelmakers.The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine published a draft decree on September 30, which suggests banning the export of ferrous scrap outside Ukraine until the end of 2022.In July 2021, the country's national steel union Ukrmetallurgprom called for a ban on scrap metal exports after export volumes of the...Read More
Swedish steelmaker SSAB will partner with Nordic construction company Peab to use fossil-free steel in construction projects from 2026 onward, both companies announced on Tuesday October 5.The two companies will analyze various future possibilities for how fossil-free steel can reduce the climate footprint in the construction industry."We are pleased to welcome Peab as a partner for our fossil-fre...Read More
Nucor Corp announced the launch of a line of net-zero carbon steel products under the brand name Econiq on Tuesday October 5.The introduction of the new steelmaking capability represents "the first of its kind at scale for the United States steel industry," the Charlotte, North Carolina-based company said in its announcement. Nucor said it will provide net-zero steel across its complete produ...Read More
Stainless steel prices continue to register new highs around the end of the first half of 2021 and steelmakers continue to enjoy outsized margins.They have responded in recent months by increasing their output, which has now pushed above pre-pandemic levels and will eventually restore balance to the market.For now, though, supply gaps are still being filled and buyers find themselves competing aga...Read More
Prices on the London Metal Exchange were broadly stable from their Monday levels on Tuesday morning, October 5, with cancellations of copper warrants in Europe continuing for a third day in a row.Some 10,000 tonnes of the red metal were booked for removal from Hamburg warehouses, after the same amount was cancelled in Rotterdam on Monday and a further 10,000 tonnes were also cancelled in Hamburg o...Read More
Iron ore prices were largely flat on Tuesday October 5 with ongoing low liquidity in both the physical and futures market during the Chinese holiday, sources said.Fastmarkets iron ore indices62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $116.58 per tonne, down $0.54 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $119.34 per tonne, down $0.41 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $90.20 per tonne, d...Read More
Brazilian iron ore export volumes decreased by 10.12% year on year in September, according to figures from the country's economy ministry.Exports totaled 33.68 million tonnes last month, compared with 37.47 million tonnes a year earlier, according to the figures released late last week.Exports from the southeastern Minas Gerais state reached 11.23 million tonnes, down from 14.11 million tonnes in....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
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
If any member was going to leave the London Metal Exchange ring trading floor, the exchange was probably hoping it wouldn't be Triland Metals Ltd.The company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi, is one of the exchange's longest serving Category 1 members, having joined in 1972 after being founded in the prior year. Having a unit of Japan's largest trading company as a ri...Read More
The latest data for the global manganese ore market for the week toOctober 3 2021.Read More
Brazilian iron ore export volumes decreased by 10.12% year on year in September, according to figures from the country's economy ministry.Exports totaled 33.68 million tonnes last month, compared with 37.47 million tonnes a year earlier, according to the figures released late last week.Exports from the southeastern Minas Gerais state reached 11.23 million tonnes, down from 14.11 million tonnes in....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 alloy...Read More
The latest forecasts and analysis of the ferrous scrap and iron metallics market from the Fastmarkets research team are ready to be viewed.Stifled automotive output this year, driven by a supply shortage of semiconductor chips used in vehicles, has tightened prime scrap availability and widened the spreads between this grade of steelmaking raw material and obsolete scrap.While wide prime-over-obso...Read More
Zinc and tin had the strongest growth on the afternoon of September 5 while nickel closed above $18,000 per tonne for the first time since last Thursday; copper was the only metal to end lower on the day. Tin's London Metal Exchange three-month price had the biggest rise on Tuesday, with a closing price of $35,079 per tonne, up by 1.8% from $34,450 per tonne on Monday. Just over one week ago, on S...Read More
Zinc and tin had the strongest growth on the afternoon of September 5 while nickel closed above $18,000 per tonne for the first time since last Thursday; copper was the only metal to end lower on the day. Tin's London Metal Exchange three-month price had the biggest rise on Tuesday, with a closing price of $35,079 per tonne, up by 1.8% from $34,450 per tonne on Monday. Just over one week ago, on S...Read More
The latest data for the global manganese ore market for the week toOctober 3 2021.Read More
BHP will supply nickel sulfate to a battery making joint venture between Toyota Motor Corp and Panasonic Corp in a move designed to lower carbon emissions in the Japanese battery supply chain. The company said its Nickel West plant in Western Australia will supply the nickel sulfate to Prime Planet Energy & Solutions (PPES), one of Japan's leading lithium-ion battery producers. The batteries will...Read More
Seaborne coking coal prices in the fob market on Tuesday October 5 continued to inch up amid limited supply in the market, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $603.28 per tonne, unchangedHard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $565.14 per tonne, unchangedPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $395.98 per tonne, up by $1.80 per tonneHard...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