Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Friday July 19. China Key drivers The price of antimony MMTA standard-grade II, ddp China, was unchanged week on week after some major suppliers held prices firm despite thin spot trading activity. citing the multi-year-low prices as causing them severe losses.A few antimony producers, however, were heard to have lowered the...Read More
Key data from the July 19 pricing session in London. Key drivers: Prices show stability at the low end of the ranges; some sellers decline to offer cheaper, while slow spot activity gives limited test to others' appetite to cut their offers. Market participants eye modest recovery in metal...Read More
Ample supply amid the seasonal summer lull pushed prices down again in both China and Europe, while some market sources believe prices will find a floor to the downtrend after some silicon refiners were unwilling to sell off cargoes, tightening spot supply. ChinaKey drivers: The Chinese silicon export price declined week on week, extending a downward trend for the fourth consecutive week.Demand ha...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia for the week ended Friday July 19.Key drivers- Bismuth prices rebounded after hitting a decade low at 40,500-41,500 yuan ($5,884-6,029) per tonne on July 12. - Some traders reckon that tight supply supported spot prices above 41,000 yuan per tonne...Read More
China is imposing anti-dumping duties on imports of stainless steel billet, slab, hot-rolled plate and coil produced in the European Union, Japan, South Korea and Indonesia, the country's Ministry of Commerce said on Monday July 22.The duties will apply for five years beginning on July 23 after a final ruling in an anti-dumping investigation found that the imports caused substantial dama...Read More
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Falling dollar buoyed LME aluminium prices...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 issu...Read More
Aluminium The LME three-month aluminium price closed down...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 down...Read More
Tighter refined market conditions in H1...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
Supply deficit expanded to 42,000...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
Bullish news flow continues We have noted in...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 is...Read More
LME tin prices under accelerating selling...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...Read More
Gains stall above $2,500 per tonne The LME three-month benchmark is consolidating above $2,400 per tonne at the start of this week after dollar-driven price gains stalled around $2,500 per tonne last week. Smelter output starts accelerating... The latest ILZSG data showed refined output contracted by 1% year on year in January-May, as disruptions at smelters in India (-7.1%), Canada (-3.8%) and Ja...Read More
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Against a backdrop of poor economic growth, especially in Germany and China, and in the absence of fresh news, markets seem to be content to consolidate this morning, Tuesday July 23.This is especially so ahead of the release of flash manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) data on Wednesday and the European Central Bank (ECB) rate decision on Thursday. Base metalsThe three-month base...Read More
U.S. equity index futures moved higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 10 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures responded to news that the U.S. Congress reached a two year bipartisan agreement to raise the U.S. debt ceiling.Intel added $0.70 to $52.05 on news that the company is negotiating to sell its modem business to Apple for more than $1 billion.Coca Cola gained $0.98 to $52.20...Read More
Billet prices in most markets around the world declined after producers lowered their asking prices amid sluggish demand from buyers. But it remains unclear if the rebound in the bellwether Turkish scrap market will provide support for billet prices because Turkish mills were unable to achieve higher prices for sales of billet and rebar. Fastmarkets' daily index for steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix...Read More
Billet prices in most markets around the world declined after producers lowered their asking prices amid sluggish demand from buyers. But it remains unclear if the rebound in the bellwether Turkish scrap market will provide support for billet prices because Turkish mills were unable to achieve higher prices for sales of billet and rebar. Fastmarkets' daily index for steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday July 19 that are worth another look.The London Metal Exchange will continue to push forward with relaxing its queue-based rent capping (QBRC) rule, a key area of warehousing reform, to 80 days, sources told Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets understands that there was a warehousing committee meeting on Thursday July 19, during which p...Read More