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Market Summary: Still hostage to macro and trade war headwinds

24 September 2019 / Staff reporter

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Aluminium: One step forward, two steps back

24 September 2019 / Staff reporter

Poor German PMI, Middle East tensions...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...Read More

Technical analysis: Rolling over

24 September 2019 / Staff reporter

Aluminium The LME three-month aluminium price briefly traded...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 d...Read More

Copper: Vulnerable to more short-covering

24 September 2019 / Staff reporter

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Lead: Trying to erode $2,100/t resistance

24 September 2019 / Staff reporter

Resistance above $2,100 per tonne...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

Nickel: Post-peak trading still orderly

24 September 2019 / Staff reporter

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Tin: Likely to enter a catch-up phase

24 September 2019 / Staff reporter

Tin prices have become...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

Zinc: Bearish risks overhanging price outlook

24 September 2019 / Staff reporter

Structural tightness begins to ease The...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 a...Read More

Base metals investment analysis: Short covering continues

24 September 2019 / Staff reporter

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Demand Indicators: 24 September 2019

24 September 2019 / Staff reporter

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Tech Talk for Tuesday September 24th 2019

24/09/2019 / Staff reporter

U.S. equity indices moved higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 9 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures responded to news that U.S./China trade negotiations will resume on October 7thBlackberry dropped $0.81 to $6.70 U.S. after reporting lower than consensus fiscal second quarter revenues.Autozone added $0.30 to $1,147.56 after reporting higher than consensus fiscal fourth quarter...Read More

GLOBAL BILLET WRAP: Lower scrap costs, limited demand drag down prices

September 23, 2019 / Staff reporter

A downturn in global ferrous scrap prices and negative sentiment in most global steel markets continued to drag down billet prices during the working week from Monday September 16 to Friday September 20.Export prices for steel billet from the Commonwealth of Independent States region have been under pressure from weak demand and falling scrap prices internationally, which lead mills in the region...Read More

GLOBAL BILLET WRAP: Lower scrap costs, limited demand drag down prices

September 23, 2019 / Staff reporter

A downturn in global ferrous scrap prices and negative sentiment in most global steel markets continued to drag down billet prices during the working week from Monday September 16 to Friday September 20.Export prices for steel billet from the Commonwealth of Independent States region have been under pressure from weak demand and falling scrap prices internationally, which lead mills in the region...Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from September 20

September 23, 2019 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday September 20 that are worth another look.Uptrends in the spot aluminium premiums in Rotterdam have faltered with backwardations in the London Metal Exchange December/three-month and January/three-month spreads starting to put material pressure on the physical market.Some large Chinese metal scrap buyers that have been granted imp...Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from September 20

September 23, 2019 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday September 20 that are worth another look.Uptrends in the spot aluminium premiums in Rotterdam have faltered with backwardations in the London Metal Exchange December/three-month and January/three-month spreads starting to put material pressure on the physical market.Some large Chinese metal scrap buyers that have been granted imp...Read More

Tech Talk for Monday September 23rd 2019

23/09/2019 / Staff reporter

U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 2 points in pre-opening trade.U.S. steel stocks and its related ETF are expected to open lower after JP Morgan downgraded AK Steel , Nucor, Steel Dynamics, Commercial Metals and U.S. Steel and lowered their target prices.Nvidia was unchanged at $172.63 despite an increase in target price by SunTrust to $216 from $210....Read More

EUROPE HDG: Sentiment negative on slow market activity

September 22, 2019 / Staff reporter

Domestic price sentiment for hot-dipped galvanized coil (HDG) in Europe has continued to be negative in the week ended Thursday September 19 due to slow market activity, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel HDG, domestic, exw Northern Europe, was unchanged over the week at ?,?550-570 ($608-630) per tonne ex-works on September 19, reflecting the latest deals...Read More

Brazilian flat steel imports down; long steel up in August

September 22, 2019 / Staff reporter

Brazilian import volumes of flat and long steel displayed opposite tendencies in August, according to figures from the country's economy ministry published last week.Import volumes of flat steel declined year on year by 11.29% to 95,116 tonnes in the month, from 107,216 tonnes, mostly because of lower volumes imported from China.Imports of flat steel from China fell to 41,950 tonnes in August 2019...Read More

SAIL allowed to sell 25% of annual iron ore output as India looks to avoid supply shortfall

September 22, 2019 / Staff reporter

India has given the go-ahead to the state-owned Steel Authority of India (SAIL), to sell up to 7 million tonnes of iron ore annually , to maintain security of raw material supplies ahead of the expiration of 31 mining leases in the country next year. "The Ministry of Mines has allowed SAIL to offload in a year up to a quantity equivalent to [a] maximum [of] 25% of [the] total iron ore production i...Read More

COMMENT: It's topsy-turvy time of the year again for steel prices

September 22, 2019 / Staff reporter

Following a flip in global steel and ferrous trade flow trends last year caused by economic jitters in Turkey, trade defenses by the United States and production cuts in China, this year it is steel prices that are turning upside down. Hot-rolled coil (HRC) prices are now below rebar prices in a phenomenon rarely seen outside of the Chinese domestic markets. HRC import prices in Vietnam have...Read More

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