Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday May 24 that are worth another look.The three-month nickel price on the London Metal Exchange climbed by more than 4% at the close of trading on Friday May 24, soaring beyond $12,300 per tonne amid a slight softening of the dollar index and while investors sought to cover shorts ahead of the next week's bank holiday...Read More
South32's decision to review the future of its manganese alloy assets comes as little surprise to fellow manganese alloy producers because they are likely to be considering similar options. The review, which could result in the divestment of the assets, reflects a wider predicament affecting alloy producers struggling with historically high ore prices and a subdued market for their own product. So...Read More
The London Metal Exchange has decided on a dispute over when the load-in, load-out (LILO) rule should have been activated, ruling in favor of warehouse company Istim. People familiar with the situation said that the warehousing firm had been found to have acted vigorously and without delay in its dealings with Glencore at its warehouses in Port Klang, Malaysia, following large cancellations of alu...Read More
The temporary truce on tariffs between China and the United States could be over, injecting a new round of uncertainty into the global financial markets and suspending hopes that a resolution to the countries' trade impasse was likely.US President Donald Trump has threatened to raise the tariff on $200 billion-worth of Chinese imports to 25% from 10% by Friday May 10. He also said that the US may...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday May 24 that are worth another look.The three-month nickel price on the London Metal Exchange climbed by more than 4% at the close of trading on Friday May 24, soaring beyond $12,300 per tonne amid a slight softening of the dollar index and while investors sought to cover shorts ahead of the next week's bank holiday...Read More
Investing for the remainder of 2019: Opportunities and Pitfallshttps://mikesmoneytalks.ca/investing-for-the-remainder-of-2019-opportunities-and-pitfalls/?mc_cid=b245e69156&mc_eid=592546b4b5 The Bottom LineMost developed equity markets in the world reached an intermediate peak on or about May 1st. Last week they continued moving slightly lower. ObservationsTechnical action by individual S&...Read More
Nickel's three-month price on the London Metal Exchange increased by more than 2.5% during morning trading on Friday May 24, with its price action appreciating back over $12,000 per tonne while its volumes traded led the complex. More than 5,200 lots of nickel were exchanged as of 9:37am London time, amounting to around $317 million of metal traded. The easing tightness in the metal's forward spre...Read More
Deliverable nickel stocks in Shanghai Futures Exchange-approved warehouses edged up by 3.1% week on week on Friday May 24 amid weakened demand for the metal, while inventories of the other base metals all declined.SHFE nickel stocks totaled 9,098 tonnes on Friday, up by 277 tonnes from 8,821 tonnes on May 17. The largest inflow of nickel this week was registered at SIPG Logistics' warehouse in Sha...Read More
The UK's light iron market picked up over the week ended Friday May 24, gaining back some of the losses made earlier this month when the cost of British exports to Turkey went down, with domestic demand and relatively tight availability prompting higher offer prices in the UK, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for UK grade-5C ferrous scrap on an inter-merchant basis was...Read More
European import prices for alloy steel scrap decreased over the past week because of soft demand even though supply was also limited, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday May 24.The price of 18/8 stainless steel scrap solids imported to Europe was assessed by Fastmarkets on Friday at ?,?940-970 ($1,049-1,082) per tonne cif, down by ?,?50-60 per tonne week on week."Our [scrap] suppliers are complaini...Read More
The three-month nickel price on the London Metal Exchange climbed by more than 4% at the close of trading on Friday May 24, soaring beyond $12,300 per tonne amid a slight softening of the dollar index and while investors seek to cover shorts ahead of the UK bank holiday next week. Despite moderately low volumes over the day's trading, more than 15,000 lots of nickel changed hands at a value of aro...Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their latest price moves.Read More
Codelco expects to maintain current copper output at around 1.68 million tonnes per year over at least the next decade, it said, despite operational changes and sector headwinds.Production will be slightly lower than it was in the past 10 years, during which it averaged 1.69 million tpy, the Chilean state-owned copper producer said in its business and development plan on Thursday May 23. Stil...Read More
UK warehousing and logistics company Henry Bath announced its appointment of Jerome Hack to the position of general manager on Friday May 24.Hack will continue to develop Henry Bath's business in the United...Read More
Fastmarkets' assessment of the tin warrant premium available on the London Metal Exchange climbed by more than 60% on Tuesday May 21, reaching its highest level on record amid a flurry of higher quality stock inflows.This week, Fastmarkets' assessment of 99.85% Southeast Asian tin warrants, on an in-warehouse basis, soared to $20-100 per tonne on May 22, from $15-30 per tonne a week earlier.This w...Read More
Nickel's three-month price on the London Metal Exchange increased by more than 2.5% during morning trading on Friday May 24, with its price action appreciating back over $12,000 per tonne while its volumes traded led the complex. More than 5,200 lots of nickel were exchanged as of 9:37am London time, amounting to around $317 million of metal traded. The easing tightness in the metal's forward spre...Read More
Deliverable nickel stocks in Shanghai Futures Exchange-approved warehouses edged up by 3.1% week on week on Friday May 24 amid weakened demand for the metal, while inventories of the other base metals all declined.SHFE nickel stocks totaled 9,098 tonnes on Friday, up by 277 tonnes from 8,821 tonnes on May 17. The largest inflow of nickel this week was registered at SIPG Logistics' warehouse in Sha...Read More
A broad base of markets have steadied themselves this morning, Friday May 24, following the risk-off that unfolded over Wednesday and Thursday and was driven by deteriorating US-China trade relations and further weakness in flash purchasing managers' index (PMI) data.EU manufacturing PMI drops to 47.7, US equivalent falls 2 points to 50.6Investors favor gold and US treasuries as risk-off increases...Read More
The South American flat-rolled steel import market was mixed this past week, with most prices flat due to sluggish demand in the region despite the recent Chinese downtrend.Fastmarkets assessed the price for imported hot-dipped galvanized coil at $645-660 per tonne cfr main ports on Friday May 24, unchanged from the previous week. The price for imported heavy plate was also sta...Read More
The price of steel coil products in Turkey increased in the week to Friday May 23 in response to improving demand after the United States halved import duties on Turkish steel last week, sources told Fastmarkets.The US halved its import tariffs on Turkish steel to 25% on May 17.International market participants warned Turkish producers to avoid sudden price increases, however.D...Read More