Excess supplies of rebar in Russia's Central Federal District around Moscow led to a decline in prices in the week to Monday September 6, after domestic producers that usually trade elsewhere redirected supplies to the country's key steel-consuming region.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, cpt Moscow, Russia, was 58,000-62,000 roubles ($795-850) per t...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mainly weaker on the morning of Tuesday September 7, while all but aluminium on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were down. China's imports and exports growth accelerated in August, compared with July's increases... ...this despite Covid-19 disruptions and container shortagesBase metalsThree-month base metals prices on the LME were mainly weaker th...Read More
Mexican light vehicle production decreased by 21.44% year on year in August, according to figures released by national statistics agency Inegi on Monday September 6. Vehicle output reached 237,040 units last month, compared with 301,739 in August 2020.The country's automotive output has been limited, with...Read More
Market participants told Fastmarkets on Tuesday September 7 that bauxite production in Guinea has been unaffected so far, despite a coup in the West African country.The coup began on Sunday September 5 when soldiers detained President Alpha Cond?(C), and then announced on state television that the government had been dissolved. Despite the political uncertainties, the operations of mining projects...Read More
Demand for steel rebar in the United Arab Emirates improved in the first week of September compared with August, while prices remained stable, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday, September 7.Demand picked up last week because of low stock levels and buying has been strong so far this week, sources said.Domestic rebarSince August 24, the country's biggest steel producer, Emirates Steel, has been o...Read More
China's domestic rebar prices continued to trend upward on Tuesday September 7 but trading activity fell in response to the increases.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 5,320-5,370 yuan ($824-831) per tonne, up by 40-60 yuan per tonneRebar futures traded above Monday's settlement price of 5,427 yuan per tonne throughout the day on Tuesday.Sellers - already expecting lower steel production rates to...Read More
Mexican light vehicle production decreased by 21.44% year on year in August, according to figures released by national statistics agency Inegi on Monday September 6. Vehicle output reached 237,040 units last month, compared with 301,739 in August 2020.The country's automotive output has been limited, with...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday September 7 that are worth another look....Read More
The export market for steel hot-rolled coil from the Commonwealth of Independent States went down during the week ended Monday September 6 on low demand because buyers were cautious about possible further price drops.Fastmarkets' weekly assessment of the price for steel HRC, export, fob Black Sea, CIS, was $865-885 per tonne on Monday, down from $880-900 per tonne a week earlier.Sales of Ukraine-o...Read More
Mexican ferrous steel scrap prices inched down in the week ended Friday September 3, and market participants believe new price reductions are unavoidable.Some scrap buyers were implementing price cuts of 250 pesos ($12) per tonne last week for obsolete grades for some sellers, while others did not see any changes.But most sellers also believed that further price decreases were a certainty, includi...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly lower on the morning of Tuesday September 7 amid extremely thin trading, with zinc being the only exception with a $10 per tonne increase. The LME zinc price was at $3,017.50 per tonne at 9am on Tuesday, with its intraday high of $3,020 per tonne during early trading being the highest since August 27. The galvanizing metal was called the...Read More
Turkish steel mills have resumed their deep-sea scrap bookings at fairly stable prices after a short break, market participants told Fastmarkets on Tuesday September 7.Three steel producers booked four deep-sea cargoes from various locations.A steel mill in the Marmara region booked a US cargo, comprising 15,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $445 per tonne and 27,000 tonnes of shredded at $460 per...Read More
Australian mining company Nickel Mines has acquired 100% of the interest in the Siduarsi nickel-cobalt project in the Papua province of Indonesia, it said in a press release published on Thursday September 2.The Siduarsi site covers 16,470 hectares, with the highest individual grades of 2.07% nickel and 0.36% cobalt recorded across a 1-meter vertical channel sample.The project's potential was prom...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mainly weaker on the morning of Tuesday September 7, while all but aluminium on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were down. China's imports and exports growth accelerated in August, compared with July's increases... ...this despite Covid-19 disruptions and container shortagesBase metalsThree-month base metals prices on the LME were mainly weaker th...Read More
Fastmarkets' price index for domestic steel hot-rolled coil in Northern Europe went down day on day on Tuesday September 7 with the outlook among buyers turning negative, Fastmarkets has heard.Buyers have been holding back from trading because they wanted to take time to monitor the price trend. They expected that volumes of coil products available in the spot market would increase due to poor dem...Read More
Prices for hot-rolled coil in the United States retreated to just below the $97-per-hundredweight mark after establishing a record high on the previous business day.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US was calculated at $96.99 per hundredweight ($1,939.80 per short ton) on Tuesday September 7, a decrease of 0.35% from the all-time high of $97.33 per cwt set on Friday Septemb...Read More
Market participants told Fastmarkets on Tuesday September 7 that bauxite production in Guinea has been unaffected so far, despite a coup in the West African country.The coup began on Sunday September 5 when soldiers detained President Alpha Cond?(C), and then announced on state television that the government had been dissolved. Despite the political uncertainties, the operations of mining projects...Read More
Turkish steel mills have resumed their deep-sea scrap bookings at fairly stable prices after a short break, market participants told Fastmarkets on Tuesday September 7.Three steel producers booked four deep-sea cargoes from various locations.A steel mill in the Marmara region booked a US cargo, comprising 15,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $445 per tonne and 27,000 tonnes of shredded at $460 per...Read More
The downturn in prices for flat steel imports to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia has made buyers refrain from bookings because of their uncertainty about the market during the week ending Tuesday September 7, sources told Fastmarkets.Buyers wanted to see prices hit a market bottom before placing more orders.Saudi ArabiaChina was offering hot-rolled coil at $1,020-1,040 per tonne cfr Saud...Read More
Demand for steel rebar in the United Arab Emirates improved in the first week of September compared with August, while prices remained stable, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday, September 7.Demand picked up last week because of low stock levels and buying has been strong so far this week, sources said.Domestic rebarSince August 24, the country's biggest steel producer, Emirates Steel, has been o...Read More