The price range for rebar produced and delivered in Northern Europe has remained unchanged week on week amid continued cautious buying activity among end-users, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday April 10.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for domestic rebar in Northern Europe was ?,?535-550 ($603-620) per tonne delivered on Wednesday, unchanged from April 3."I don't think the price will rise...Read More
The stainless steel scrap market in the United States continued to inch up slightly for the 300-series grades with buying becoming more difficult due while participants wait for higher prices."Seems like the market is looking for some more push in either direction before moving again," one US dealer source said."Quiet buying week with people at [the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industrie...Read More
Turkish steel mills continued to make deep-sea scrap purchases at a slow pace this week, while prices were going down, sources said on Wednesday April 10.A steel producer in the Marmara region booked a United States cargo, comprising 32,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $306 per tonne cfr, 6,000 tonnes of shredded at $311 per tonne and 2,000 tonnes of bonus at $316 per tonne cfr, late on April 9.Th...Read More
The vice president for marketing materials at BHP, Vicky Binns, has decided to leave the company after 10 years, industry sources said. Binns, a 35-year veteran in the industry, will step down from her role in Singapore at the end of September and return to Australia, where she had previously worked for the Macquarie Group and Merrill Lynch. She...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices continued to slide on Wednesday April 10, while the seaborne spot market remained subdued with no open tenders being issued by the major miners.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index: $94.61 per tonne cfr Qingdao, down $0.24 per tonne. MB 62% Fe Pilbara Blend Fines Index: $93.73 per tonne cfr Qingdao, down $0.24 per tonne. MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index-Low Alumina: $96.57 per tonne cfr Qingd...Read More
Uncertainties continue to linger in the seaborne coking coal spot market, with most participants still keeping away from the premium hard coking coal segment due to a divergence between offers and bids.While offers for premium hard coking coal have stayed largely stable at $200-204 per tonne cfr China, bids from end users have emerged around $190-195 per tonne cfr, various sources told Fastmarkets...Read More
Japanese ferrous scrap is expected to be more competitive against materials from the United States' west coast after the Kanto Tetsugen tender price plunged on Wednesday April 10, market sources told Fastmarkets MB.The cooperative of scrap dealers in Japan's most-industrialized region concluded its April export tender of H2-grade scrap at ?23,300 ($209) per tonne fas Tokyo Bay, down ?1,710 per t...Read More
China's domestic rebar prices dropped slightly on Wednesday April 10 due to softer demand. Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 4,000-4,050 yuan ($596-603) per tonne, down 50-70 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 3,940-3,980 yuan per tonne, down 10-20 yuan per tonneBuyers have been cutting their procurement rates since Tuesday due to recent price increases. They continued to limit their purchas...Read More
Strong LME spreads bolstered aluminium premiums in both the US Midwest and Europe in the week ended on Tuesday April 9, while increased metal availability in Trieste helped increase market liquidity in Italy and main Japanese port (MJP) premiums held firm amid active trading despite short supply. Benchmark Rotterdam duty-unpaid premium touches $100 per tonne for first time since June 2018US Midwes...Read More
China's hot-rolled coil prices retreated on Wednesday April 10 with trading activity in the domestic market said to be at moderate levels.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,970-3,980 yuan ($591-593) per tonne, down 20 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 3,930-3,940 yuan per tonne, down 10 yuan per tonneA Shanghai-based trader said buyers were only placing orders on an as-needed basis, rather...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange consolidated during morning trading on Wednesday April 10, with most metals trading in narrow ranges and buying appetite in Europe subdued. Volumes traded have been thin this morning. The most-traded metal is copper with just over 4,000 lots changing hands as of 9:30am London time. The three-month copper price is trading just below $6,480 per tonne d...Read More
Electric vehicles will shift to using solid-state batteries using lithium metal in the long term, but requisite developments in the manufacturing process mean batteries with liquid electrodes will remain in use until at least the late 2020s, according to Emily Hersch, managing partner of DCDB Group. "The practical reality of how [solid-state technology] goes from laboratory to supply isn't so much...Read More
The following Fastmarkets minor metals prices changed on Wednesday April 10:Antimony MB Chinese free market MMTA standard grade II, yuan/tonne: 44,000-45,000 yuan per tonne from 43,500-45,000 yuanCobalt MB free market alloy grade, $/lb: $16.50-17.30 per lb...Read More
Key data from the Wednesday April 10 pricing session in Europe.Key driversThe European ferro-titanium price moved up in the past week, while scrap markets also increased amid firm fundamentals that have fueled a price rally since March. Current business conditions are expected to persist through April and into May. There were reports that a major German steelmaker booked 150 tonnes of alloy for sh...Read More
Chinese domestic prices for antimony gained some momentum late last week when all the private antimony producers in Lengshuijiang, in China's central province of Hunan, were required to halt production for safety checks, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday April 9.On April 3, before a national public holiday on April 5, relevant authorities in Lengshuijiang, which is China's major antimony product...Read More
Global risk sentiment soured overnight following news that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has downgraded its global growth outlook for 2019 to 3.3% from 3.5% previously. The IMF forecasts the slowdown seen in the second half of 2018 to continue into the first half of this year before picking up in the second half of 2019. The projected growth rate for next year was unchanged at 3.6%.As a re...Read More
The following Fastmarkets UK non-ferrous scrap and foundry ingot prices changed on Wednesday April 10:Aluminium scrapLoose old rolled cuttings: ?680-710 per tonne from ?690-720Cast wheels: ?1,140-1,170 per tonne...Read More
Share this articleA Vale SA iron ore mining operation. Source: Vale SA.Vale SA [VALE-NYSE], the world's largest producer of iron ore and nickel, is facing charges in Brazil over a deadly tailings dam breach.A Wall Street Journal report says prosecutors are planning to file criminal charges against the Brazilian miner and its employees over the collapse of the mine waste dam in January 2019, that k...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 3 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures responded to encouraging news on China/U.S. trade negotiations.Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for the March Producer Price Index was an increase of 0.3% versus a gain of 0.2% in February. Actual was an incr...Read More
A summary of base metals premiums from across the globe for the week to Tuesday April 9.Please click...Read More