Brazilian aluminium producer Companhia Brasileira de Alum?-nio (CBA) acquired a 49% stake in two wind power generation assets from a joint venture by sister company Votorantim Energia and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) for 59.56 million Reais ($11.4 million), the company said on Monday August 30.The two units are a part of the Ventos do Piau?- I and II complex, located...Read More
Spot prices for steel rebar imports into Singapore continued their downward trend in the week to Monday August 30 amid growing pressure on traders to slash offers due to unsold seaborne cargoes fast approaching the island state.A trader had cut his offers for Indian rebar to $725-730 per tonne cfr Singapore on a theoretical weight basis. Market sources said buyers remained silent due to the presen...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday August 30 that are worth another look.Spot prices for steel rebar imports into Singapore continued their downward trend in the week to August 30 amid growing pressure on traders to slash offers due to unsold seaborne cargoes fast approaching the island state.Read More
Prices for seaborne iron ore concentrate and pellet fell in the week ended Friday August 27 amid thin liquidity driven by weak demand, market sources said.Fastmarkets iron ore indicesPellet premium over 65% Fe fines, cfr China: $34.30 per tonne, down $0.20 per tonne66% Fe concentrate, cfr Qingdao: $165.97 per tonne, down $4.02 per tonne65% Fe blast furnace pellet, cfr Qingdao: $198.14 per tonne, d...Read More
Spot prices for steel rebar imports into Singapore continued their downward trend in the week to Monday August 30 amid growing pressure on traders to slash offers due to unsold seaborne cargoes fast approaching the island state.A trader had cut his offers for Indian rebar to $725-730 per tonne cfr Singapore on a theoretical weight basis. Market sources said buyers remained silent due to the presen...Read More
The Mexican economy secretariat has extended the period of an existing countervailing duty on imports of longitudinal welded carbon steel pipes from the Unites States, and has started an anti-dumping investigation on flat-steel imports from Vietnam.Mexico has extended the duty on welded steel tubes from US for five years starting on May 28, 2020, according to a decision published in the country's...Read More
Hot-rolled coil (HRC) prices in China's domestic market rose sharply on Monday August 30; news of production curbs raised futures prices to their highest in more than a week.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 5,720-5,750 yuan ($884-888) per tonne, up by 70-120 yuan per tonne.The most-traded HRC contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange hit an intraday high of 5,654 yuan per tonne in early afte...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday August 27 that are worth another look.Mexican integrated steelmaker Altos Hornos de M?(C)xico (Ahmsa) has cancelled an agreement to sell a 55% stake to Alianza Minero Metal??rgica Internacional, the company said in a filing with the country's stock exchange,...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday August 27 that are worth another look.Mexican integrated steelmaker Altos Hornos de M?(C)xico (Ahmsa) has cancelled an agreement to sell a 55% stake to Alianza Minero Metal??rgica Internacional, the company said in a filing with the country's stock exchange,...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday August 27 that are worth another look.Mexican integrated steelmaker Altos Hornos de M?(C)xico (Ahmsa) has cancelled an agreement to sell a 55% stake to Alianza Minero Metal??rgica Internacional, the company said in a filing with the country's stock exchange,...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday August 27 that are worth another look.Mexican integrated steelmaker Altos Hornos de M?(C)xico (Ahmsa) has cancelled an agreement to sell a 55% stake to Alianza Minero Metal??rgica Internacional, the company said in a filing with the country's stock exchange,...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday August 27 that are worth another look.Mexican integrated steelmaker Altos Hornos de M?(C)xico (Ahmsa) has cancelled an agreement to sell a 55% stake to Alianza Minero Metal??rgica Internacional, the company said in a filing with the country's stock exchange,...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday August 27 that are worth another look.Mexican integrated steelmaker Altos Hornos de M?(C)xico (Ahmsa) has cancelled an agreement to sell a 55% stake to Alianza Minero Metal??rgica Internacional, the company said in a filing with the country's stock exchange,...Read More
Strict real estate regulations issued by China's central and local governments have slowed down growth in the country's housing market in the first seven months of 2021.Participants expect these policies to continue to have a strong effect on the market for the remainder the year, which would slow down growth for rebar demand.Three red linesThe People's Bank of China and the Ministry of Housing &...Read More
Key data from Fastmarkets' pricing sessions in Europe, China and the United States on Friday August 27.China Ferro-silicon prices in China have been strong with general sentiment quite bullish following news that Ningxia has started a stricter round of production and power cuts, intended to meet the energy consumption dual control targets, and which made spot availability even tighter. In addition...Read More
An overview of the specialty steel raw materials markets in Europe and their latest price moves.Dalila Ouerghi and...Read More
Color-coated steel coil prices decreased in Turkey during the week to Friday August 27 in a slow market, sources told Fastmarkets.Uncertainty over the future direction of prices, which have decreased recently for most markets, made buyers refrain from booking material.Most export markets are still in holiday season, sources said.Domestic pricesFastmarkets assessed steel hot-dipped galvanized coil....Read More
Fastmarkets copper concentrate treatment charge/ refining charge (TC/RC) index continued to rise in the week to August 27. Fastmarket's calculation of the copper concentrates TC index, cif Asia Pacific is now at its highest level since mid-April 2020, with smelters bidding for clean tonnage at mid-to-high $60s. Blended cargos from Asia were offered in the mid-$60s...Read More
Indian domestic prices for secondary steel billet tumbled by 1,900 rupees ($26) per tonne in the week ended Friday August 27 with the price of the key raw material, direct-reduced iron (DRI), dropping by 1,200 rupees per tonne.The slide in billet prices through the week was driven by sluggish demand and fewer inquiries from buyers.The price of steel billet, domestic, exw India, assessed by Fastmar...Read More
The price of flat-rolled stainless steel in Europe increased in the week ended Friday August 27 on a continuing shortness of supply, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for stainless steel cold-rolled sheet, 2mm, grade 304, transaction domestic, delivered North Europe, was ?,?3,950-4,000 ($4,645-4,704) per tonne on Friday, up by ?,?50 per tonne week on week.Base pric...Read More