Rising stocks and imports weighed on chrome ore prices in China last week while imported alloy prices dropped because of plentiful local supply. Chrome ore prices down amid high inventories and imports Spot domestic Chinese alloy prices held in slow trading Imported alloy prices dropped under selling pressure US alloy prices tick up despite thin spot tradingEuropean price range narrows in balanced...Read More
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Chinese industrial profits disappoint, but improvement...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...Read More
Aluminium The LME three-month aluminium price is in...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 t...Read More
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Supply deficit climbed to 30,300...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...Read More
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U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 2 points in pre-opening trade.Alphabet dropped $9.98 to $1,279.00 after reporting lower than consensus third quarter earnings. Shopify plunged $26.04 to $298.39 after reporting a surprising third quarter loss. AT&T (T $38.49) is expected to open higher after Oppenheimer raised its target price on the stock to $47...Read More
Umicore and Samsung SDI have agreed a multi-year deal whereby the former will supply the South Korean battery-manufacturer with almost 80,000 tonnes of nickel-cobalt-manganese [NCM] cathode materials, starting in 2020. The deal will feed Samsung SDI's lithium-ion battery production in Europe and Asia, itself feeding into automotive applications. "The sizeable volume commitment included in the agre...Read More
The premium for aluminium billet in the United States fell to a record low on Friday October 25 due to to continued sluggish demand, while premiums in Europe and Brazil remained under pressure. US premium at record low European traders holding onto $300 per tonne level Low spot demand in Brazil Thailand premium fallsUS billet premium drops to all-time lowFastmarkets' aluminium 6063 extrusion bill...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday October 25 that are worth another look.The London Metal Exchange has set out its requirements for responsible sourcing, outlining three routes to compliance, it said on Friday October 25. The requirements will be underpinned by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's due diligence guidance.A group of metals an...Read More
Fastmarkets proposes to increase the frequency of the normalization price data for its seaborne manganese ore indices to monthly from quarterly.Currently, Fastmarkets updates the normalization of its manganese ore price data - for manganese ore 37% Mn, fob Port Elizabeth, $/dmtu; manganese ore 37% Mn, cif Tianjin, $/dmtu and manganese ore 44% Mn, cif Tianjin, $/dmtu - on a quar...Read More
Umicore and Samsung SDI have agreed a multi-year deal whereby the former will supply the South Korean battery-manufacturer with almost 80,000 tonnes of nickel-cobalt-manganese [NCM] cathode materials, starting in 2020. The deal will feed Samsung SDI's lithium-ion battery production in Europe and Asia, itself feeding into automotive applications. "The sizeable volume commitment included in the agre...Read More
Umicore and Samsung SDI have agreed a multi-year deal whereby the former will supply the South Korean battery-manufacturer with almost 80,000 tonnes of nickel-cobalt-manganese [NCM] cathode materials, starting in 2020. The deal will feed Samsung SDI's lithium-ion battery production in Europe and Asia, itself feeding into automotive applications. "The sizeable volume commitment included in the agre...Read More
Prices in the major global billet markets continued to show positive dynamics in the week ended Friday October 25, after CIS producers increased offers by $5-10 per tonne week on week due to reduced availability of the material.Among other supportive factors were increased demand from Turkish customers as well as higher scrap offers from the United States."Supplies in the CIS region fell...Read More
Umicore and Samsung SDI have agreed a multi-year deal whereby the former will supply the South Korean battery-manufacturer with almost 80,000 tonnes of nickel-cobalt-manganese [NCM] cathode materials, starting in 2020. The deal will feed Samsung SDI's lithium-ion battery production in Europe and Asia, itself feeding into automotive applications. "The sizeable volume commitment included in the agre...Read More