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Strong Chinese industrial production data has...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 i...Read More
Aluminium LME aluminium started trading this week on...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...Read More
Tentative rebound Copper prices have attempted...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...Read More
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Jakarta talking about reinstating ore export ban There...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...Read More
Rebound likely to steepen The rebound...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
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U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 3 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of June Retail Sales at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an increase of 0.2% versus a gain of 0.5% in May. Actual was an increase of 0.4%. Excluding auto sales, consensus for June Retail Sales was an increase of 0.2% versus a gain of 0.5%...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday July 12 that are worth another look.The antimony standard-grade II price softened on Friday July 12, and while the price for indium rose slightly the metal remains under pressure due to slow demand. Aluminium foundry premiums in the United States and Europe have fallen over the past month, pressured lower by a lack of demand...Read More
The decline in the bellwether Turkish ferrous scrap market, along with sluggish long steel demand that led buyers to adopt a wait-and-see approach, applied downward pressure on billet prices in most regions in the week ended Friday July 12.Fastmarkets' daily index for steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), North Europe origin, cfr Turkey, was $282.08 per tonne on July 12, down by $14.10 per tonne from...Read More
The decline in the bellwether Turkish ferrous scrap market, along with sluggish long steel demand that led buyers to adopt a wait-and-see approach, applied downward pressure on billet prices in most regions in the week ended Friday July 12.Fastmarkets' daily index for steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), North Europe origin, cfr Turkey, was $282.08 per tonne on July 12, down by $14.10 per tonne from...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday July 12 that are worth another look.The antimony standard-grade II price softened on Friday July 12, and while the price for indium rose slightly the metal remains under pressure due to slow demand. Aluminium foundry premiums in the United States and Europe have fallen over the past month, pressured lower by a lack of demand...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday July 12 that are worth another look.The antimony standard-grade II price softened on Friday July 12, and while the price for indium rose slightly the metal remains under pressure due to slow demand. Aluminium foundry premiums in the United States and Europe have fallen over the past month, pressured lower by a lack of demand...Read More
China’s economic growth slowed to 6.2% in the second quarter of this year - in line with expectations and well within Beijing’s target of 6-6.5% growth for 2019 - but market participants continued to focus on the fact that this was the country’s lowest gross domestic product (GDP) growth in nearly three decades.The record low GDP growth comes as the world’s second-largest econo...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 6 points in pre-opening trade. China announced second quarter GDP. Rate of growth on a year-over-year basis dropped to 6.2%, lowest rate of growth in 22 years.Boeing dropped $4.25 to $361.08 after major U.S. airlines announced postponements for relaunch of their Boeing 737 Max aircraft. General Electric slipped $0.09 t...Read More
The three-month price of nickel on the London Metal Exchange continued to rise on Friday July 12, being up by 2.6% day-on-day at the close of trading to $13,470 per tonne.Nickel has outperformed the other base metals to finish the week up by 7.9% to its highest recorded level since August 2018. It continues to return toward the year-to-date peak of $13,765 per tonne it set on March 6.Market partic...Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their latest price moves.Read More