The Turkish long steel export markets have been largely quiet over the past seven days, and were closed earlier this week for an Islamic religious holiday, sources said on Thursday August 15.The Turkish market and those in other Middle Eastern territories were closed until August 15 for the Eid al-Adha celebration.Turkish steel mills were heard offering rebar around $450-455 per tonne fob on an ac...Read More
The Turkish domestic long steel markets have been silent over the past week with trading limited by a religious holiday in the country, sources said on Thursday August 15.The Turkish market and those in other Middle Eastern territories were closed until August 15 for the...Read More
Steel billet and rebar prices in Egypt remained stable in the week to Thursday August 15, largely due to the Eid al-Adha holiday.Egypt's working week runs from Sunday to Thursday, with Eid observed on August 11-14 and no market activity was apparent on August 15.Continuing uncertainty over safeguard duties on steel billet and rebar also had an impact, sources said..In Apri...Read More
Turkish steel producers have remained quiet in the deep-sea scrap markets so far this week because of the religious holiday in the country, sources said on Thursday August 15.The Turkish market and those in other Middle Eastern territories were closed until August 15 for the Islamic Eid al-Adha celebrations.As a result...Read More
Domestic prices for ferrous scrap in Italy have declined over the past month due to seasonally weak demand, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' monthly price assessment for steel scrap, No E3 (old thick scrap), domestic, delivered mill Italy was ?,?230-245 ($257-273) per tonne on August 14, compared with ?,?240-255 per tonne in the middle of July.Demand for ferrous...Read More
The Turkish billet markets have been quiet over the past week with trading activity restricted by absences for a religious holiday, sources said on Thursday August 15.The Turkish market and those in other Middle Eastern territories were closed until August 15 to celebrate the Islamic Eid al-Adha.Only one steel mill was heard bidding for...Read More
China's domestic rebar prices retreated again on Thursday August 5 after a two-day rebound, because of destocking, sources told Fastmarkets. Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,670-3,730 yuan ($522-527) per tonne, down 30 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 3,610-3,630 yuan per tonne, down 20 yuan per tonneFutures picked up today, stimulating some buying interest and traders with la...Read More
Domestic stainless steel prices in China edged up further over the past week despite the European Union initiation of an anti-dumping investigation on products from the country and two other territories.Fastmarkets' price assessment for stainless steel cold-rolled coil 2mm grade 304 domestic, ex-whs China in the country's major market of Wuxi was 15,100-15,500 yuan ($2,148-2,205) per tonne includi...Read More
The Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) will impose a quota for hot-rolled flat steel imports to members of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) for one year starting from December 1, 2019.The EEU countries are Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The total quota for the EEU bloc will be 1.33 million tonnes, the EEC announced last week.Volumes exceeding the quota will be a subject to a...Read More
Domestic prices for hollow steel sections remained unchanged across Europe this week, with trading largely on hold during the traditional summer break, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday August 14.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel sections (medium), domestic, delivered Northern Europe, stayed at ?,?615-630 ($688-705) per tonne on Wednesday.During August, many workers take...Read More
Export prices for Chinese cold-rolled coil and hot-dipped galvanized coil dropped over the past week, largely due to limited buying interest arising from heightened trade tensions between China and the United States, market sources told Fastmarkets.The Chinese currency passed the 7-yuan per $1 threshold earlier this month after US president Donald Trump announced plans to impose 10% duties on...Read More
Concerns over the future availability of material added to the optimistic demand expectations that have allowed sellers to command higher cobalt hydroxide payables in the first half of August, Fastmarkets has learned.Fastmarkets' cobalt hydroxide payable indicator, min 30% Co, cif China, rose by 5.8% on Thursday August 15 to 62-65% of the low-end of the standard-grade cobalt metal price. This was...Read More
The three-month nickel price on the London Metal Exchange closed at its highest since December 2014 on Thursday August 15, climbing to $16,250 per tonne amid renewed buying momentum, while a steady incline in tin futures led to its highest close since August 1. Nickel began the day's trading below the nearby $16,000 per tonne resistance level, falling to an intraday low of $15,765 per tonne, befor...Read More
Chilean state-owned copper producer Codelco began operations at Chuquicamata's subterranean phase on Wednesday August 14, with an aim to increase mine life by 40 years and to improve the division's productivity, the company said.The new venture for the centennial open pit mine has 1.03 million tonnes of copper mineral reserves, at 0.82% content, the miner added. These volumes will result in 320,00...Read More
Turkish steel producers have remained quiet in the deep-sea scrap markets so far this week because of the religious holiday in the country, sources said on Thursday August 15.The Turkish market and those in other Middle Eastern territories were closed until August 15 for the Islamic Eid al-Adha celebrations.As a result...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Thursday August 15 that are worth another look.The world's biggest copper consumer could be getting ready to start spending, analysts told Fastmarkets. Analysts expect China's State Grid Corp of China, whose budget comprises 50% of the country's annual copper demand, to come good on promises to increase investment on the nation's electr...Read More
The dream of building a new world-class copper-gold mine in Pakistan in an area bordering Afghanistan and Iran has been dashed, for now at least. The saga of Tethyan Copper Co's (TCC) efforts to develop the Reko Diq mine found resolution last week with an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) ruling in favor of TCC following a dispute that has rumbled on for years.TCC,...Read More
The United States Secretary of Commerce has joined the growing chorus of voices questioning the current method of setting the US Midwest aluminium premium. Wilbur Ross said the US Midwest aluminium premium is at inflated levels that do not justify the cost of transportation and logistical handling costs that it was originally designed to reflect. His view is being echoed by a number of...Read More
The world's biggest copper consumer could be getting ready to start spending, analysts told Fastmarkets. Analysts expect China's State Grid Corp of China, whose budget comprises 50% of the country's annual copper demand, to come good on promises to increase investment on the nation's electronic grid by 5% this year. That amounts to 14 billion yuan ($2 billion) of extra spending, according to estim...Read More
The three-month nickel price on the London Metal Exchange closed at its highest since December 2014 on Thursday August 15, climbing to $16,250 per tonne amid renewed buying momentum, while a steady incline in tin futures led to its highest close since August 1. Nickel began the day's trading below the nearby $16,000 per tonne resistance level, falling to an intraday low of $15,765 per tonne, befor...Read More