The copper scrap discount in January has narrowed month on month for Chinese imports, mainly due to limited scrap availability following a drop in copper's outright price.No 2 copper scrap, which includes birch and cliff of 94-96% copper content, was being sold into the country at a discount of 24-30 cents per lb this month, Fastmarkets assessed. The spreads are smaller compared to 26-34 cents per...Read More
Spot treatment charges (TCs) for zinc concentrates rose in January with the market continuing to trade at prices significantly higher than $200 per tonne.Fastmarkets assessed TCs for spot zinc concentrates at $210-240 per tonne on Friday January 25, up from $210-230 per tonne last month, reflecting a rise in the number of deals made at higher prices and a wider spread in trades.The spot zinc conce...Read More
A joint venture between Trafigura and a Saudi Arabian company will start building a major copper, zinc and lead smelter complex in Saudi Arabia approximately one year from now, a company source has confirmed with Fastmarkets. The designated capacity at the complex will be 400,000 tonnes per year of copper, 200,000 tpy of zinc and 55,000 tpy of lead, the source said. The $2.8 billion project in Ras...Read More
First Quantum Minerals Ltd is planning to restart operations at its Las Cruces mill in Spain next month to process existing stockpiles and is awaiting approval to resume activities in part of the associated open-pit mine following a land slippage last week. Subject to regulatory approvals, the mill will resume "sometime in February," the Toronto, Canada-based company said. The stockpiles are lower...Read More
Cobalt prices slumped to near two-year lows last week before stabilizing after a psychological move through $20 per lb incited an improved level of spot inquiries. Fastmarkets' standard-grade cobalt price ended the week at $19-21.15 per lb, in-warehouse, compared with $19-21.40 per lb midweek. Prices had slumped by 9.5% two days earlier. Alloy-grade cobalt prices were slightly lower at $...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in London and Shanghai on Friday January 25.ChinaThe Chinese silicon fob price held steady in a quiet export market with few inquiries and only a little trade ahead of the looming Chinese New Year holiday (Feb 4-10).Prices have been underpinned by supply constraints, with some silicon refiners in southern China curbing production to avoid higher electricity...Read More
Turkish deep-sea scrap import prices have gone up after a large number of cargoes were booked from European, Baltic Sea and US origins, sources said on Monday January 28.Several deep-sea bookings from a variety of locations came to light late on Friday after the deadline for the indices that day.A steel mill in the Izmir region booked a European cargo, comprising 25,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) a...Read More
The copper scrap discount in January has narrowed month on month for Chinese imports, mainly due to limited scrap availability following a drop in copper's outright price.No 2 copper scrap, which includes birch and cliff of 94-96% copper content, was being sold into the country at a discount of 24-30 cents per lb this month, Fastmarkets assessed. The spreads are smaller compared to 26-34 cents per...Read More
Domestic scrap prices in Turkey have increased over the past seven days, in line with higher costs for imported scrap, sources said on Monday January 28.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for domestic auto bundle (DKP-grade) ferrous scrap was TRY1,500-1,660 ($284-315) per tonne delivered on January 28, rising from TRY1,450-1,630 per tonne last week.The change in the assessment came after some st...Read More
The Comex copper price failed to maintain last week's momentum over the weekend, with the market awaiting fresh news on US and Chinese trade talks.Copper for March settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell 4.15 cents to trade at $2.6875 per lb on the morning of Monday January 28."Copper is trying to keep most of the gains...Read More
A summary of Imperial's production results for the year ended December 31, 2018 as well as its production target for 2019. IN BRIEF:The company is a Canada-based exploration, mine development and operating company. Through its subsidiaries, Imperial owns the Red Chris, Mount Polley and Huckleberry copper mines in British Columbia. It also holds a 50% interest in the Ruddock...Read More
The export market for flat steel from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) was calm during the week ended Monday January 28, because mills stayed out of the market while mulling a price increase.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for CIS-origin exports of HRC was stable week on week at $445-465 per tonne fob Black Sea on January 28."Mills will come back to the market early this week. The...Read More
The import price for re-rolling-grade hot-rolled coil into Vietnam has risen in the past week on pre-holiday restocking and lower domestic supply. Fastmarkets MB's weekly import price assessment for HRC in Southeast Asia - which mainly looks at Chinese 2-3mm SAE1006 HRC and equivalent grades sold into Vietnam - was $495-500 per tonne cfr for the week ending Monday January 28, up $5-15 per ton...Read More
China's hot-rolled coil prices rose on Tuesday January 22 led by higher offer prices of mills amid limited need to sell before the upcoming Chinese New Year holiday.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,760-3,770 yuan ($557-559) per tonne, unchangedNorthern China (Tianjin): 3,690-3,710 yuan per tonne, unchangedDomestic prices were little changed with trading remaining limited.A H...Read More
The price for rebar imported to Singapore fell again on Monday January 28 due to ample supply from Ukraine. Fastmarkets MB assessed the import price for rebar in Southeast Asia - which mainly looks at cargoes sold into Singapore on a theoretical weight basis - at $460 per tonne cfr for the week to Monday, narrowing downward from $460-470 per tonne cfr a week earlier. Some 100,000 tonnes of Ma...Read More
China's domestic rebar prices were unchanged on Monday January 28 amid inactivity, but export prices rose slightly on low selling pressure. Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,710-3,750 yuan ($550-556) per tonne, unchangedNorthern China (Beijing): 3,700-3,740 yuan per tonne, unchangedMost downstream end users have stopped work to get an early start to the holiday for the Chinese New Year, which k...Read More
China's Hebei Iron & Steel will acquire Tata Steel's operations in Southeast Asia, increasing its footprint in Southeast Asia. Tata Steel subsidiary T S Global Holdings (TSGH) entered an agreement with a HBIS Group Co-controlled entity to divest its entire equity stake in NatSteel Holdings and 67.9% of Tata Steel (Thailand), according to a statement filed to the Bombay Stock Exchange on Monday Jan...Read More
The failure of a tailing dam in Vale's C??rrego do Feij??o mine in Brazil's southeastern Minas Gerais state could hamper the mining licensing process and is already affecting iron ore prices, analysts said.Iron ore spot prices and futures have come under pressure following the accident.Fastmarkets' MB 62% Fe iron ore index went up by $3.49 per tonne to $78.18 per tonne cfr Qingdao on Monday, up da...Read More
Turkish deep-sea scrap import prices have gone up after a large number of cargoes were booked from European, Baltic Sea and US origins, sources said on Monday January 28.Several deep-sea bookings from a variety of locations came to light late on Friday after the deadline for the indices that day.A steel mill in the Izmir region booked a European cargo, comprising 25,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) a...Read More
Domestic scrap prices in Turkey have increased over the past seven days, in line with higher costs for imported scrap, sources said on Monday January 28.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for domestic auto bundle (DKP-grade) ferrous scrap was TRY1,500-1,660 ($284-315) per tonne delivered on January 28, rising from TRY1,450-1,630 per tonne last week.The change in the assessment came after some st...Read More