Eastern China's hot-rolled coil prices retreated on Wednesday September 25 with traders seeking more sales before the country's October 1-7 Golden Week.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,640-3,650 yuan ($512-513) per tonne, down 20 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tangshan): 3,600 yuan per tonne, unchangedHRC futures traded below Tuesday's settlement price of 3,522 yuan per tonne for most of the day...Read More
Eastern China's rebar prices retreated on Wednesday September 25, which went on to stimulate trading activity. Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,680-3,700 yuan ($517-520) per tonne, down 20-30 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 3,590-3,630 yuan per tonne, unchangedSellers in eastern China lowered their prices after two days of increases, which led some end users in the region to raise thei...Read More
The following Fastmarkets minor metals prices changed on Wednesday September 25:Minor metalsAntimony max 100ppm Bi, in-whs Rotterdam $/tonne: $5,950-6,175 per tonne from $5,850-6,150Antimony MMTA standard grade II, in-whs Rotterdam, $/tonne: $5,900-6,100 per tonne from $5,800-6,100Antimony MMTA standard grade II, ddp China, yuan/tonne: 39,000-39,500...Read More
Key data from Fastmarkets' pricing session in Europe on Wednesday September 25.Key driversThe ferro-titanium market dropped in price in the past week, losing $10 on the top end of the range amid slow trading. Consumers have been slow to return to the market since the seasonal summer lull, both for prompt and quarterly deliveries of ferro-titanium. Around 70 tonnes of ferro-titanium was reported so...Read More
While the ferro-alloys industry prepares to gather in Chicago for the annual North American Ferro-alloys conference on September 25-27, Fastmarkets outlines some of the key topics likely to dominate discussions this year. Where is the floor for ferro-vanadium prices? Ferro-vanadium prices in Chinese and European markets both hit all-time highs last year, partly because of an anticipated increase i...Read More
The London Metal Exchange will extend the waiver of listing fees for new cobalt brands until December 20, 2019, it said on September 24. The exchange launched the initiative on March 26 this year, initially for six months, in an effort to encourage liquidity on its physically delivered cobalt contract. Since then, Norilsk grade-I cut cobalt cathodes and Huayou cut cobalt cathodes have been listed...Read More
Ahead of the annual North American Ferro-alloys conference in Chicago on September 25-27, Fastmarkets looks at some of the key factors likely to dominate vanadium contract negotiations over the coming weeks. See also: NA FERRO-ALLOYS CONF: Likely key talking points at industry gathering in ChicagoRead More
The following Fastmarkets UK non-ferrous scrap and foundry ingot prices changed on Wednesday September 25:Aluminium scrapCommercial cast, delivered consumer UK, ?/tonne: ?660-700 per tonne...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher. S&P 500 futures advanced 7 points in pre-opening trade.Index futures were virtually unchanged following final estimate of economic news at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for U.S. second quarter real GDP was unchanged from the previous estimate at 2.00%. Actual was unchanged at 2.00%. Consensus for Weekly Initial Jobless Claims was an increase to 212,000 from 208,...Read More
* GRAPHIC-2019 asset returns: (Recasts, updates with closing prices) By Eric Onstad LONDON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Copper prices erased losses onWednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump held out theprospect of end to a trade war with top metals consumer China. Trump told reporters in New York that a deal to end a nearly15-month trade war with China could happen "sooner than youthink". Wi...Read More
A summary of base metals premiums from across the globe for the week to Tuesday September 24.Please click...Read More
Fastmarkets proposes to discontinue its assessment of the copper rod annual premium, cif Nhava Sheva, due to a lack of liquidity and excessively long premium negotiation periods.Annual premium negotiations between Indian buyers and international sellers can run for as long as seven months, making it very difficult for price reporters to capture deals and concentrate trade liquidity.Fastmarkets gen...Read More
The three-month zinc price on the London Metal Exchange was lower at the close of trading on Tuesday September 24, dipping below the $2,300-per-tonne support level despite falling exchange stocks, while aluminium futures closed at their lowest level since September 3. Zinc futures closed at $2,282 per tonne this afternoon, also settling at their lowest level since September 3 against a broad weake...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Tuesday September 24 that are worth another look.The long-lasting downtrend in the international scrap market, which has pushed prices to three-year lows this month, has led to the point where steelmakers which use electric-arc furnaces (EAFs) have a significant advantage over those equipped with blast furnaces (BFs), which use iron ore...Read More
Five private copper smelters in China have halted production because processing at market terms has become unfeasible due to a combination of weakening demand for end products, a tight copper concentrates market and the higher costs of complying with pollution standards.The smelters involved are Top-Eastern Copper in Liaoning, Jinshui Copper and Kaitong Group in Yunnan, Laizhou Fangtai in Shandong...Read More
Miners launch cheaper offer prices for manganese ore in response to declining demand from China. Ore markets knocked by cheap offers, languishing demandSilico-manganese spot prices weaken in ChinaIndian silico-manganese prices drop amid poor demand, oversupplyEuropean alloy markets flatline in consumer absenceUS high carbon ferro-manganese price falters Seaborne manganese ore prices dived on Frida...Read More
Ferrous scrap prices in Mexico have dropped for almost all grades and in almost all regions this week, with some of the country's main steelmakers applying price cuts.Last week, a large Mexican mill confirmed a price reduction of 400 pesos ($20.57) per tonne for all scrap grades, adding to previously announced price cuts of 200 pesos per week in September by two other large scrap consumers.But som...Read More
Turkish deep-sea scrap prices have shown a slight uptick with news of a fresh European cargo trade, but the market direction was still unclear, sources said on Tuesday September 24.A steel mill in the Iskenderun region booked a European cargo, comprising 15,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (75:25) at $220 per tonne and 10,000 tonnes of shredded at $230 per tonne cfr.News of the cargo raised the daily scrap i...Read More
Belgium-based battery-materials manufacturer Umicore has reached a multi-year supply agreement with South Korean battery maker LG Chem for nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) cathode materials, Umicore said on Monday September 23. Under the agreement, Umicore will supply LG Chem with a total of 125,000 tonnes of NCM cathode materials over several years, starting from 2020. The companies did not reveal t...Read More
The Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) is expecting a large number of steelmaking projects dedicated to both flat and long steel production in the next decade, covering not only regional demand but also excess volumes that may be exported, according the South East Asia Iron and Steel institute (SEAISI). The Asean regional intergovernmental organization comprises the Philippines, Indon...Read More