Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Friday June 28ChinaChina's silicon export price slides on signs of a weakening domestic market due to more supply and limited bookings for July cargoes. Sellers open to cheaper bids to achieve sales early in expectation of slow demand in the summer lull and increasing supply during rainy season. Most refiners in Yunnan provin...Read More
Spanish stainless steelmaker Acerinox has appointed Mark Davis chief executive officer of its Bahru Stainless joint venture in Malaysia, it said on Monday July 1.Davis replaces Oswald Wolfe, who becomes director of institutional relations at Acerinox's headquarters in Madrid, Spain. Wolfe had been CEO of...Read More
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LME aluminium prices up 1.9% last...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
Aluminium The London Metal Exchange three-month aluminium price...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.Plu...Read More
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Underperformance in June The LME tin...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 s...Read More
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U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 2 points in pre-opening trade. As expected, OPEC agreed to extend production cuts by 9 months. Crude oil slipped $0.14 to $58.95 per barrel following a $0.62 gain yesterday. Electronic Arts (EA $100.89) is expected to open higher after BMO Capital raised its target price to $130 from $114.Western Digital dropped $1.53...Read More
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Global billet prices were subject to opposing trends in different regions in the week to Friday June 28; material from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) appeared to have hit a price floor, while Chinese prices increased and the import markets in Turkey, Southeast Asia and Egypt remained weak.Prices in China were boosted by steel production cuts, and a rebound in scrap prices in Turkey a...Read More
Global billet prices were subject to opposing trends in different regions in the week to Friday June 28; material from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) appeared to have hit a price floor, while Chinese prices increased and the import markets in Turkey, Southeast Asia and Egypt remained weak.Prices in China were boosted by steel production cuts, and a rebound in scrap prices in Turkey a...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday June 28 that are worth another look.Nyrstar has confirmed that its lead smelter at Port Pirie, Australia, will resume operations in the second week of July, extending its previous estimates of a late-June restart, Fastmarkets learned on Friday June 28. ERG partially restarted production of cobalt metal at Chambishi in Z...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday June 28 that are worth another look.Nyrstar has confirmed that its lead smelter at Port Pirie, Australia, will resume operations in the second week of July, extending its previous estimates of a late-June restart, Fastmarkets learned on Friday June 28. ERG partially restarted production of cobalt metal at Chambishi in Z...Read More
Equity indices around the world moved higher in overnight trading. They responded to a resumption of trade negotiations between the U.S. and China. The S&P 500 Index futures gained 32.75 points to 2,977.00 implying a move by the Index at the open to an all-time high above the previous high at 2,964.15.Other indices recording significant gains in overnight trading included the Shanghai Composit...Read More
The G20 Summit, which takes place in Osaka, Japan, this weekend has cast a shadow over the Asian ferrous metals markets.Market participants are hoping a quick resolution to the trade war between China and the United States will provide much-needed relief both for steelmakers and downstream buyers at a time of squeezed margins and weak demand.One of the key themes at t...Read More