A summary of London Metal Exchange warrant premiums from across the globe for the week to Wednesday October 2.Please click...Read More
A bleak outlook for downstream demand, impending backwardations in the forward curve on the London Metal Exchange and general economic uncertainty helped drive bearish sentiment and stifle spot business at Fastmarkets' recent aluminium conference in Athens.Although the Fastmarkets International Aluminium conference is typically a hub for aluminium participants to negotiate and sign contracts for t...Read More
An overview of the minor metals markets and their latest price moves.Read More
Key data from Fastmarkets' pricing session in Europe on Wednesday October 2.Key drivers A drop in the ferro-titanium price to $4.40-4.80 per kg delivered this week from $4.60-4.90 per kg last week reflects quiet consumer buying interest and only low levels of trading at lower prices. Consumers in the steel sectors have been slow to return to the market since the seasonal summer lull, both for prom...Read More
Key data from Fastmarkets' pricing session in Europe on Wednesday October 2.Key drivers A drop in the ferro-titanium price to $4.40-4.80 per kg delivered this week from $4.60-4.90 per kg last week reflects quiet consumer buying interest and only low levels of trading at lower prices. Consumers in the steel sectors have been slow to return to the market since the seasonal summer lull, both for prom...Read More
Turkish steel producers have booked more deep-sea scrap cargoes for November shipment, although prices remained fairly stable, sources said on Wednesday October 2.A long steel mill in the Marmara region booked a US cargo, comprising 32,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $226 per tonne and 7,000 tonnes of bonus at $231 per tonne cfr.The price was similar to that of a US cargo traded on October 1...Read More
Weak manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) data out across major economies on Tuesday October 2 dampened the tone across most markets, with money rotating into havens. That said, the situation in the United States is still looking mixed - the IHS Markit manufacturing PMI edged up to 51.1, from 51, so still shows expansion, while the ISM reading fell to 47.8, from 49.1. In addition, U...Read More
Demand for flat steel products in Turkey was weak in September 2019 because of global price falls, market participants have told Fastmarkets.And local producers have now filled their order books until late November, they said on Wednesday October 2.Turkish steel prices increased on May 17 after the import duty into the United States, which had been applied at a rate of 50% in September 2018, was c...Read More
The price of steel rebar in the Southern European domestic market was stable this week but further decreases were likely because of continuing losses in the ferrous scrap market, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday October 2.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, delivered Southern Europe, was ?,?455-465 ($496-507) per tonne on Wednesday, unchanged week...Read More
The price of steel rebar in the Northern European domestic market has moved down this week becai=used of the continuing losses in the ferrous scrap market, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday October 2.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, delivered Northern Europe, was ?,?460-475 ($502-518) per tonne on Wednesday, down by ?,?10-15 per tonne from the w...Read More
Prices for domestic wire rod across Europe remained unchanged on Wednesday October 2, with many market participants focusing on the more active rebar sector, sources told Fastmarkets this week. "Demand for wire rod is not so good, there's not a lot moving. It makes sense to leave it alone [and] wait for a potential recovery," said one Southern European producer, adding that his company had&nb...Read More
Turkish steel producers have booked more deep-sea scrap cargoes for November shipment, although prices remained fairly stable, sources said on Wednesday October 2.A long steel mill in the Marmara region booked a US cargo, comprising 32,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $226 per tonne and 7,000 tonnes of bonus at $231 per tonne cfr.The price was similar to that of a US cargo traded on October 1...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices remained flat on Wednesday October 2, with the market largely muted amid the week-long public holiday in China from October 1-7.Fastmarkets iron ore indices62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $98.38 per tonne, unchanged.62% Fe Pilbara Blend fines, cfr Qingdao: $92.91 per tonne, unchanged.62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $91.72 per tonne, unchanged.58% Fe fines...Read More
Iranian export steel billet prices slipped in the week to Wednesday October 2 after several sales were agreed at prices lower than those in earlier deals.Producers tried to resist the downtrend, referring to large-volume billet sales to China in previous weeks and to the current reduced availability of material."Iranian mills were not willing to accept even $350 per tonne fob several days ago, but...Read More
Key data from Fastmarkets' pricing session in Europe on Wednesday October 2.Key drivers A drop in the ferro-titanium price to $4.40-4.80 per kg delivered this week from $4.60-4.90 per kg last week reflects quiet consumer buying interest and only low levels of trading at lower prices. Consumers in the steel sectors have been slow to return to the market since the seasonal summer lull, both for prom...Read More
Taiwan will defer the imposition of anti-dumping and countervailing duties on five Chinese steel and stainless steel products, the island's customs administration said last week. The decision to delay the tariffs was made after considering the recommendation of Taiwan's International Trade Commission (ITC), the impact on Taiwan's economic interests and the global economic situation, Taiwan's Custo...Read More
Prices for hollow steel sections in the European domestic market were unchanged this week although feedstock costs continued to decline, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday October 2.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel sections (medium), domestic, delivered Northern Europe, was ?,?585-600 ($638-654) per tonne on Wednesday, flat week on week.The market continued to struggle with low de...Read More
Demand for flat steel products in Turkey was weak in September 2019 because of global price falls, market participants have told Fastmarkets.And local producers have now filled their order books until late November, they said on Wednesday October 2.Turkish steel prices increased on May 17 after the import duty into the United States, which had been applied at a rate of 50% in September 2018, was c...Read More
Taiwan will defer the imposition of anti-dumping and countervailing duties on five Chinese steel and stainless steel products, the island's customs administration said last week. The decision to delay the tariffs was made after considering the recommendation of Taiwan's International Trade Commission (ITC), the impact on Taiwan's economic interests and the global economic situation, Taiwan's Custo...Read More
Adjustments to EU safeguard measures will "stabilize trade flows by containing import concentrations from certain exporting countries," the European steel association Eurofer said on Tuesday October 1.Although the changes will result in improvements, "the result is still not sufficient for a large part of the sector, especially given that it is facing depressed domestic steel demand," Eurofer said...Read More