Alloy steel scrap prices in the UK domestic market widened upwards this week on a nickel price surge on Friday August 30, sources told Fastmarkets.Prices had been largely flat throughout the week in reflection of a stable nickel market. On Friday morning, however, nickel prices started to increase quickly and continued through the day. By Friday's close, the three-month nickel price on the Lo...Read More
Indian domestic prices for secondary steel billet increased by 600 rupees ($8) per tonne over the week ended Friday August 30, even though the prices of semi-finished steel products slipped slightly toward the weekend.The price of steel billet, domestic, exw India, assessed by Fastmarkets on August 30, rose to 26,700-26,900 rupees ($372-375) per tonne compared with last week's assessment at 26,100...Read More
Prices in Southeast Asia's steel billet market fell on Friday August 30 after suppliers of Indian and Russian material lowered their asking prices to entice customers in the region, market sources said. Steel billet produced in India were available at $425-430 per tonne cfr Manila and $420-425 per tonne cfr to Indonesia. One shipment involving 10,000 tonnes of billet originating in India was repor...Read More
China's domestic rebar prices picked up some strength on Friday August 30 amid heightened trading activity in response to gains in the futures market.Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,540-3,590 yuan ($495-502) per tonne, up 10 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 3,540-3,560 yuan per tonne, up 10 yuan per tonneTraders raised their prices slightly after rebar futures rose during the day. The...Read More
The monthly European alloy steel surcharges for September have surged upward from the August levels on higher nickel prices, Fastmarkets heard on Friday August 30.Fastmarkets' stainless steel cold-rolled sheet, 2mm, grade 304 alloy surcharge, domestic, Europe, rose to ?,?1,519-1,557 ($1,681-1,724) per tonne, according to data released by Outokumpu, Acerinox and Aperam. This was an increase of ?,?1...Read More
Grade-304 stainless steel flat product prices in Europe widened upwards this week, while mills confirmed that alloy surcharges for September would increase substantially, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday August 30. Fastmarkets' price assessment for stainless steel cold-rolled sheet, 2mm, grade-304, transaction domestic, delivered North Europe, was ?,?2,300-2,350 ($2,546-2,601) per tonne on...Read More
Fastmarkets MB has corrected its monthly values for European grade-304 stainless steel alloy surcharges, which were published incorrectly on Friday August 30. The Fastmarkets stainless steel cold-rolled sheet 2mm grade 304 alloy surcharge domestic, Europe price assessment was originally published at ?,?1,889-1,934 per tonne. This has now been corrected to ?,?1,519-1,557 per tonne. The Fastmarkets...Read More
European aluminium billet premiums on Friday August 30 traded at their lowest since late 2016 and early 2017, pressured by a sustained oversupply in the region. Oversupply, aggressive offers sink premiums in Europe. Brazilian billet premium falls on weak demand.US, Asian billet premiums steady. European premiums hit by sustained oversupplyEuropean billet premiums hit their lowest since 2016 follo...Read More
Ferrous scrap prices around the world fell over the week ended Friday August 30 on thin buying interest from end-users, which expected more price falls so were not eager to purchase materials. Ample supply damps prices More falls in export prices expected Prices plunge on thin buying interest Limited transactions on weak downstream demand.TurkeyImport prices in Turkey fell sharply week on week, wi...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in China, Asia, Europe and the United States for the week ending Friday August 30.Europe The high-carbon ferro-chrome market ticked down in response to business being reported at the lower end of the range and below.Some producers were aggressive in their offer prices to generate liquidity.At the same time, some producers have raised their offer prices in an effo...Read More
Domestic rebar prices in Poland remained unchanged this week with market activity just beginning to recover after the seasonal summer slowdown, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday August 30.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, exw Poland, remained at 2,150-2,200 zloty ($542-555) per tonne on August 30.The assessment reflected the...Read More
The three-month nickel price on the London Metal Exchange continued to surge at the close of trading on Friday August 30, closing at its highest level since September 2014, while a 3.6% uptick in tin futures did little to close a widening gap between the two metals.Nickel's rally began just before midday after the price breached the key $16,690 per tonne resistance level, opening a surge of fresh...Read More
The three-month nickel price on the London Metal Exchange soared over 8% this afternoon after Indonesia announced it would expedite a ban on nickel ore exports, previously scheduled to take effect in 2022.Nickel's outright price on the LME rocketed to an intraday high of $17,900 per tonne at midday this afternoon, its highest level since September 2014, while the spike occurred with under 5,000 lo...Read More
Prices for seaborne premium hard coking coal moved up on Friday August 30, recovering most of the losses suffered earlier this week and underlining a gap between low-vol and mid-vol cargoes in the segment.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $154.01 per tonne, up $5.01 per tonnePremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $167.54 per tonne, unchanged Hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $134.0...Read More
The three-month nickel price on the London Metal Exchange continued to surge at the close of trading on Friday August 30, closing at its highest level since September 2014, while a 3.6% uptick in tin futures did little to close a widening gap between the two metals.Nickel's rally began just before midday after the price breached the key $16,690 per tonne resistance level, opening a surge of fresh...Read More
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The three-month nickel price on the London Metal Exchange soared over 8% this afternoon after Indonesia announced it would expedite a ban on nickel ore exports, previously scheduled to take effect in 2022.Nickel's outright price on the LME rocketed to an intraday high of $17,900 per tonne at midday this afternoon, its highest level since September 2014, while the spike occurred with under 5,000 lo...Read More
An aluminium producer has offered fourth-quarter 2019 supply of aluminium to main Japanese ports (MJP) at a premium of $110 per tonne, according to market sources. The number is 1.9% higher than the cif MJP premium for the third quarter of $108 per tonne. "We are quite surprised that the offer is above $105 per tonne because demand in Japan is not good and there is a lot of inventories a...Read More
All base metal stocks at Shanghai Futures Exchange-approved warehouses were lower week on week on Friday August 30, with the biggest percentage fall in nickel stocks, which tumbled by 15.2% or 4,509 tonnes to 25,262 tonnes. The largest outflow in nickel inventories was from CMST Dachang's warehouse in Shanghai, which delivered out 3,927 tonnes leaving 12,981 tonnes of material, according to SHFE's...Read More