Key data from the pricing session in London on Friday April 5. Key drivers The European 553 silicon price fell 3.1% during the latest pricing session in a very low liquidity market in which some offers below the previous range started to emerge. The silicon grade 441 quotation also softened on a lack of liquidity...Read More
The benchmark standard-grade cobalt price rebounded in the last week of March, after having been under pressure during the previous five months, when traders and consumers returned to the spot market to restock following a rundown in inventories.Price moves Fastmarkets' standard-grade cobalt assessment rose 2.2% to $13.75-14.4 per lb on Friday March 29, the last pricing session in March. The...Read More
Fastmarkets will change the calculation basis for the China cobalt sulfate, Co 20.5% min, ex-works adjustment to the standard-grade cobalt low-end price to 100% Co basis from the current Co 20.5% basis, effective on Wednesday April 10. In addition, Fastmarkets also will also change the name of this assessment to China cobalt sulfate, Co 20.5% min, ex-works, adjustment to standard-grade cobalt low-...Read More
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Prices continue to range-trade, shrugging off...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 The LME aluminium price produced a fresh April low on Monday this week, and traded at $1,866 per tonne. Sellers were in complete control and the lack of buying pressure means that, technically, more downside can be expected from aluminium prices in the short term. That said, both the daily RSI and stochastic lines have reached oversold territory and there is a chance that the retest...Read More
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Price correction unfolding, as expected... While...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 lates...Read More
Zinc price consolidates around $2,900 per...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
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The London Metal Exchange three-month base metals prices are generally subdued this morning, averaging up 0.2% while trading volume is considerably lower at 5,790 lots as of 06:23am London time on Tuesday April 9. While the United States and China trade negotiations are grinding closer to a positive conclusion, the Trump administration is considering imposing additional tariffs of $11 billion...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 5 points in pre-opening trade. Apple (AAPL $200.10) is expected to open higher after Wedbush raised its target price to $225 from $215.Walt Disney (DIS $114.96) added $0.91 to $115.87 after Cowen upgraded the stock to Outperform from Market Perform. Perkin Elmer gained $2.29 to $102.00 after Goldman Sachs upgraded the...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday April 5 that are worth another look.Brazil's federal court in Bel?(C)m, in the northern state of Par??, has scheduled a second conciliatory hearing for Friday April 12 to discuss the production embargo of Norsk Hydro's Alunorte alumina refinery.Electricity cuts in Taiwan in May and June, along with ample offer...Read More
Steel billet prices fell slightly in most regions in the week ended Friday April 5, due to sluggish trading activity, public holidays and upcoming general elections.Billet prices in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Turkey dipped amid thin trading volumes and falling scrap prices.Fastmarkets' daily index for Northern Europe-origin HMS 1&2 (80:20) scrap, the feedstock for billet manu...Read More
Steel billet prices fell slightly in most regions in the week ended Friday April 5, due to sluggish trading activity, public holidays and upcoming general elections.Billet prices in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Turkey dipped amid thin trading volumes and falling scrap prices.Fastmarkets' daily index for Northern Europe-origin HMS 1&2 (80:20) scrap, the feedstock for billet manu...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday April 5 that are worth another look.Brazil's federal court in Bel?(C)m, in the northern state of Par??, has scheduled a second conciliatory hearing for Friday April 12 to discuss the production embargo of Norsk Hydro's Alunorte alumina refinery.Electricity cuts in Taiwan in May and June, along with ample offer...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday April 5 that are worth another look.Brazil's federal court in Bel?(C)m, in the northern state of Par??, has scheduled a second conciliatory hearing for Friday April 12 to discuss the production embargo of Norsk Hydro's Alunorte alumina refinery.Electricity cuts in Taiwan in May and June, along with ample offer...Read More