China's domestic rebar prices were unchanged on Monday January 20 amid a pre-holiday lull, though some optimism has emerged over demand for the long steel product after the Chinese New Year. Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,640-3,670 yuan ($531-535) per tonne, unchangedNorthern China (Beijing): 3,540-3,560 yuan per tonne, unchangedLocal governments in China have issued 655.7 billion yuan worth of speci...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia, Europe and the rest of the world for the week ended January 17.ChinaKey drivers Export price for silicon increased by 1.3% week on week amid higher offer prices in the market.Overseas inquiries picked up. Exporters, on average, raised their prices by $20-30 per tonne given the appreciation of the yuan and tight spot supply. There were no deals...Read More
Kunming Rongke New Materials Co won 3,609.5 tonnes of indium formerly held by China's defunct Fanya Metal Exchange in an auction that ended at 10am Beijing time on Saturday January 18. As the only bidder at the auction, Kunming Rongke secured the stockpile with a bid of around 2.85 billion yuan ($415.4 million), which works out at a price of 790 yuan per kg, according to the official auction resul...Read More
Samancor Chrome has provisionally decided to restructure its mining and smelting operations in a move that will reduce staff and production levels due to the deteriorating chrome markets and rising power costs, Fastmarkets has learned. South Africa's largest ferro-chrome producer wrote to employees and unions on Friday January 17, in letters seen by Fastmarkets, warning that it had made the provis...Read More
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Aluminium The LME three-month aluminium price closed negatively...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plu...Read More
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Global auto sales fell 5%...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest issue as soon as it&#...Read More
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Profit-taking ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday and nervousness over the outbreak of a new coronavirus in China have led to the market becoming more risk-off this morning, Tuesday January 21.Asian equities are weaker, led by a 2.7% decline in the Hang Seng. And Hong Kong’s credit rating was cut one position to Aa3 by ratings agency Moody’s for its handling of the unrest in the country....Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 10 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures responded to fears that a coronavirus in China will spread.JB Hunt Transport (JBHT $114.68) is expected to open higher after Raymond James raised its rating from Market Perform to Outperform.EOG Resources (EOG $85.25) is expected to open higher after Sun Trust RH raised it...Read More
NAIROBI, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The son of an Indian gold mineowner in Burkina Faso, who was kidnapped by unidentifiedassailants in 2018, has been released, his father said onMonday. Kimar Akoliya, whose father Akoliya Patel owns theGhana-based Balaji mining group, had set off for Burkina Faso'scapital, Ouagadougou, from the remote Inata mine with twocolleagues when they disappeared in September 2018....Read More
* Zinc breaks 200-day moving average * Historically low zinc inventories offer price support (Updates with closing prices) By Pratima Desai LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Zinc prices rose to two-monthhighs on Monday after a break of key technical levels triggereda flurry of buying and as the market worried about historicallylow inventories. Benchmark zinc on the London Metal Exchange (LME)ended 0.6% u...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday January 17 that are worth another look.Import prices of flat-rolled steel in South America made no clear trend for the past week while negotiations between sellers and buyers for March shipments intensified and put some markets under pressure ahead of the Chinese New Year break (January 24-30).Aluminium billet premiums in Brazil...Read More
Chinese steel production increased in 2019 amid stronger demand from the construction sector, according to data released by China's National Bureau of Statistics on Friday January 17.2019 outputCrude steel: 996.34 million tonnes, up 8.3%Finished steel: 1.2 billion tonnes, up 9.8% ...Read More