Stainless steel prices in the European domestic market were unchanged this week, with market participants monitoring nickel prices to gauge how the alloy surcharge for December might develop, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday November 15. Alloy surcharges for December will be calculated based on nickel prices from October 21 to November 20. So far the average value of the nickel th...Read More
An overview of the noble alloys markets and their latest price moves.Read More
Fastmarkets has corrected its UK and Rotterdam export steel scrap prices, which were published incorrectly on Friday November 8. Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel scrap HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix) export, fob main port UK was published in error on November 8 at $253-255 per tonne, but has been corrected to $232-234 per tonne. Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel scra...Read More
Steelmakers in Germany have settled their monthly steel scrap contracts for November with an average month-on-month rise of ?,?25-30 ($28-33) per tonne, sources told Fastmarkets this week.Fastmarkets' monthly price assessment for steel scrap No E3 (old thick steel scrap), domestic, delivered mill Germany, was ?,?225-235 ($248-259) per tonne in the middle of November, up from ?,?195-205 per tonne i...Read More
The three-month aluminium price on the London Metal Exchange was lower at the close of trading on Thursday November 14, closing at its lowest level since late-October, while zinc's outright price similarly fell to its lowest level in just over a month.Aluminium's outright price on the LME closed at $1,742 per tonne on Thursday afternoon, its lowest closing price since October 28, although turnover...Read More
The fob Australia price for alumina has hovered around the $280 per tonne mark in relatively liquid trading over the week ended Thursday November 14.Fastmarkets calculated the benchmark daily alumina index, fob Australia, at $281.10 per tonne on Thursday, up from $279.72 per tonne on the previous day.Key drivers Market participants heard of several deals throughout the week, for a combined total o...Read More
The three-month aluminium price on the London Metal Exchange was little moved during morning trading on Thursday November 14, ignoring a fresh inflow of more than 78,000 tonnes into LME-registered Asian warehouses.Price action in the light metal was recently seen at $1,764 per tonne, just a dollar below Wednesday's closing price. Turnover was moderate, with just under 2,350 lots exchanged as of 9:...Read More
Fastmarkets MB will from next month display in the Price Book calculated price midpoints and averages that are rounded to two decimal places.This will ensure consistency of published values across all of Fastmarkets MB's delivery channels.Where Fastmarkets MB publishes prices as a low-high range, users have the option to view the calculated midpoint of that range. From Monday December 9, Fastmarke...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Thursday November 14 that are worth another look.China's annual scrap consumption could reach 330 million tonnes by 2030 and account for up to half of the country's steel output, according to the China Association of Metal Scrap Utilization (Camu).Copper miners and smelters look set to agree the lowest annual benchmark for concentrate i...Read More
The latest ferro-vanadium and vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) transactions, bids, offers and assessments in Europe and China.To view the latest price assessments, follow the links below:Europe- Ferro-vanadium basis 78% V min, 1st grade, ddp Western Europe, $/kg V- Vanadium pentoxide 98% V2O5 min, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lb V2O5China- Ferro-vanadium 78% V min, fob China, $/kg V- Vanadium pentoxide 98% V2O5 m...Read More
Key data from the Wednesday November 13 pricing sessions in Shanghai and London. Key drivers China's cobalt sulfate price dropped by 6% from last Friday when weak demand forced suppliers to cut offers to encourage sales and facilitate cashflow in the run-up to year-end.The cobalt tetroxide price is under...Read More
While the ferro-alloys industry prepares to gather in Budapest for the annual International Ferro-alloys conference on November 17-19, Fastmarkets looks at the key price moves since last year's conference. An overall bearish mood has prevailed in most of the ferro-alloys and related markets for most of the year amid oversupply and weakening demand. Some prices are now trading at multi-year lows in...Read More
Turkish steel producers have continued to book scrap shipments for December deliveries at prices remaining largely stable, sources said on Thursday November 14.A steel mill in the Marmara region booked a US cargo, comprising 25,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $260 per tonne, 12,000 tonnes of shredded at $265 per tonne and 3,000 tonnes of plate and structural scrap (P&S) at $270 per tonne cfr late...Read More
Fastmarkets MB will from next month display in the Price Book calculated price midpoints and averages that are rounded to two decimal places.This will ensure consistency of published values across all of Fastmarkets MB's delivery channels.Where Fastmarkets MB publishes prices as a low-high range, users have the option to view the calculated midpoint of that range. From Monday December 9, Fastmarke...Read More
China's annual scrap consumption could reach 330 million tonnes by 2030 and account for up to half of the country's steel output, according to the China Association of Metal Scrap Utilization (Camu)."China continues to maintain its course of expanding the usage of ferrous scrap in steelmaking, as part of its aim to reduce pollution. Using ferrous scrap can reduce 1.6 tonnes of carbon emissions for...Read More
Key data from the Wednesday November 13 pricing sessions in Shanghai and London. Key drivers China's cobalt sulfate price dropped by 6% from last Friday when weak demand forced suppliers to cut offers to encourage sales and facilitate cashflow in the run-up to year-end.The cobalt tetroxide price is under...Read More
Trade log for cobalt sulfate in China including transactions, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Unless otherwise stated, all prices are in yuan per tonne on an ex-works basis.The cobalt sulfate, Co 20.5% basis, China ex-works, adjustment to the standard-grade cobalt low-end price is on a $ per lb basis.Fastmarkets MB prices Click here for Fastmarkets' price assessment for cobalt sulfate, Co...Read More
Argentina's steel consumption is likely to be little changed from this year's level in 2020 and recover only in 2021, according to a preliminary forecast by Ternium Argentina.Next year is expected to be a period of transition due to the change of government in the country, Ternium Argentina general director Mart?-n Berardi said on Wednesday November 13 during the 60th Latin American Steel Congress...Read More
Support for steel plate prices in Asia was likely to continue in 2020 because of the environmental restrictions imposed by the Chinese government on steelmaking during the coming winter, a source at a leading Japanese steel mill told Fastmarkets this week."Reduced supply in winter, when Chinese producers cut back their output, means that prices are likely to move up from now on," the source said.C...Read More
Fastmarkets MB will from next month display in the Price Book calculated price midpoints and averages that are rounded to two decimal places.This will ensure consistency of published values across all of Fastmarkets MB's delivery channels.Where Fastmarkets MB publishes prices as a low-high range, users have the option to view the calculated midpoint of that range. From Monday December 9, Fastmarke...Read More