Global scrap prices diverged in the week to Friday September 17, with the Asian and US scrap markets reporting gains, while Turkey tried to recover the previous weeks' losses in its most recent purchases.Turkish mills book handful of cargoesRecent cargoes see higher export prices on US marketVietnam prices jump on higher export ordersChinese scrap prices dip on winter pollution controlsTaiwan scra...Read More
Brazil-based metals producer Nexa Resources will shift its chain of command next year, with Ignacio Rosado to take the role of chief executive officer, it said on Thursday September 17.Rosado, former CEO at Peruvian miner Volcan, will join the company on November 1 and start the transition to substitute Tito Martins as Nexa's top executive on January 1, 2022.According to the company, Rosado has mo...Read More
The Cobalt alloy grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lbtrade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparencyinto the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies.Fastmarkets assessed Cobalt alloy grade, in-whs Rotterdam,...Read More
Base metals price movements on the London Metal Exchange were mixed on Friday September 17 following a week marked by volatility, with copper, nickel and lead down, the last-named having been under selling pressure for most of the past five days.Nickel's three-month price reached $20,245 per tonne on Friday, while its volumes were at their highest since the start of the week, with more than 11,400...Read More
Base metals prices on the LME and SHFE were mixed on the morning of Friday September 17, with most remaining listless despite being buffeted by a firmer US dollar, generally weaker economic data and disruption to both production and supply.Broader markets were quiet but firmer heading into the weekend and China's Mid-Autumn Festival holiday takes place on Monday and TuesdayBase metalsThree-month b...Read More
Growing congestion at southern California ports is disrupting loading and unloading activities, thereby restricting ferrous scrap shipments to Taiwan and further boosting prices, sources told Fastmarkets this week.Fastmarkets' daily price assessment for containerized steel scrap HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix) US material import, cfr main port Taiwan was $460 per tonne on Friday September 17, unchanged from T...Read More
An overview of the new energy materials markets and their price moves in the week to Friday September 17.Susan Zou, Yingchi Yang and...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices dropped further on Friday September 17 after more cities in northern China said that they would implement production restrictions in winter, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets iron ore indices62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $101.95 per tonne, down by $5.26 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $103.95 per tonne, down by $4.21 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade pr...Read More
Rising freight rates continued to push the import prices for flat-rolled steel products upward in South America in the week ended Friday September 17, despite offers from China remaining scarce and demand slowing down, especially in Brazil.Some market participants reported that freight rates were $20-30 per tonne higher, depending on the port of origin and the product. For coiled material, for exa...Read More
Turkish steel mills continued to replenish their scrap stocks at the end of the week with another deep-sea booking, taking the total to six, market participants told Fastmarkets on Friday September 17.A steel mill in the Iskenderun region booked a Baltic Sea cargo late on Thursday September 16, consisting of 25,000 tonnes of heavy melting scrap 1&2 (80:20) at $439 per tonne and 5,000 tonnes of bon...Read More
An overview of the new energy materials markets and their price moves in the week to Friday September 17.Susan Zou, Yingchi Yang and...Read More
The premium hard coking coal fob price rose on Friday September 17 due to tight supply in the Australian spot market, sources said.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $565.77 per tonne, up $5.01 per tonneHard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $491.97 per tonne, up $5.04 per tonnePremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $379.34 per tonne, up $20.01 per tonneHard coking coal, fob DBCT: $3...Read More
Key data from Fastmarkets' pricing sessions in Europe, China and the United States on Friday September 17.China Both the domestic and export markets in China rose to record highs on Wednesday. The domestic price was first assessed by Fastmarkets in 2006 and the export market in 1997.Continuing supply shortages fueled a two-month domestic price rally, amid bullish futures and lingering supply conce...Read More
Indian hot rolled coil export prices slumped by $65 per tonne at the top end of the range on Friday September 17, on lower-priced bookings to Vietnam, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel hot-rolled coil (commodity) export, fob main port India was $840-845 per tonne on Friday, down by $5-65 per...Read More
An overview of the specialty steel raw materials markets in Europe and their latest price moves.Janie Davies, Cristina Belda,...Read More
Slab export prices from Brazil were stable in the week ended Friday September 17 amid slow negotiations and diverging trends in raw materials costs.Fastmarkets' weekly assessment for steel slab, export, fob main port Brazil was unchanged at $870-880 per tonne on Friday.The flat steel market in the United States, which is the main buyer of Brazilian slab, continued to be strong. Hot-rolled...Read More
Base metals price movements on the London Metal Exchange were mixed on Friday September 17 following a week marked by volatility, with copper, nickel and lead down, the last-named having been under selling pressure for most of the past five days.Nickel's three-month price reached $20,245 per tonne on Friday, while its volumes were at their highest since the start of the week, with more than 11,400...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices dropped further on Friday September 17 after more cities in northern China said that they would implement production restrictions in winter, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets iron ore indices62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $101.95 per tonne, down by $5.26 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $103.95 per tonne, down by $4.21 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade pr...Read More
The Cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lb trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparencyinto the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies.Fastmarkets assessed Cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lb at 24.45-25.00 on...Read More
Sentiment in the export pig iron market in the Commonwealth of Independent States improved during the week to Thursday September 16, with higher prices expected after suppliers sold large tonnages in late August and early September.Fastmarkets assessed the price of high-manganese pig iron, export, fob main port Black Sea, CIS at $490-505 per tonne on Thursday, narrowing upward by $15 from $475-505...Read More