The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Thursday November 15.Base metal prices on the London Metal Exchange were predominantly higher at the close of trading on Wednesday November 14, boosted by a steady rebound in global benchmark crude oil futures and a marginal retreat in the United States' dollar index. Read more in our live futures report.Here are how prices looked at the cl...Read More
The latest metal markets news and price moves to start the North American day on Wednesday November 14. Base metals on the London Metal Exchange were mostly lower during morning trading, with prices weakened by a prolonged sell-off in crude oil markets while continued strength in the US dollar index increased downward pressure. Falling by just under 1% over the morning, the three-month nickel...Read More
Good morning from Fastmarkets MB's offices in Asia as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Wednesday November 14.Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange weakened during Asian morning trading on Wednesday, with the release of lackluster Chinese data failing to offset the downward pressure being exerted by a strong dollar.Check Fastmarkets MB's live futures report here.Opt...Read More
Primary aluminium stocks at the three main Japanese ports (MJP) of Osaka, Nagoya and Yokohama slipped 1% month on month in October, according to the latest data from major Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp. The data, which was published on Wednesday November 14, also shows that total aluminium stocks at the three ports came to 317,300 tonnes at the end of last month. On a y...Read More
Nickel premiums in China, the United States and Europe remained unchanged over the week amid limited activity, an unstable import window in Shanghai and participants' absence from the market. An open but unstable import window kept premiums in Shanghai flat Subdued activity in the US nickel market maintains premiums European nickel market quiet with long-term in focusShanghai nickel premiums uncha...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were predominantly higher at the close of trading on Wednesday November 14, boosted by a steady rebound in global benchmark crude oil futures and a marginal retreat in the dollar index.Following a decline in the oil price this morning due to increasing concerns over a global slowdown economic growth, it bounced 1.47% over the course of the...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were predominantly higher at the close of trading on Wednesday November 14, boosted by a steady rebound in global benchmark crude oil futures and a marginal retreat in the dollar index.Following a decline in the oil price this morning due to increasing concerns over a global slowdown economic growth, it bounced 1.47% over the course of the...Read More
The first deals for special high-grade zinc supply in 2019 in Europe point to a decline in annual zinc premiums compared with this year's levels, but Nyrstar's financial troubles are complicating negotiations and raising concerns that supply may turn out to be tighter than anticipated."Not much has been done yet, but [the premium] seems to be lower than last year by at least $10-15 per t...Read More
The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Thursday November 15.Base metal prices on the London Metal Exchange were predominantly higher at the close of trading on Wednesday November 14, boosted by a steady rebound in global benchmark crude oil futures and a marginal retreat in the United States' dollar index. Read more in our live futures report.Here are how prices looked at the cl...Read More
Tin trades on the Indonesia Commodity & Derivatives Exchange (ICDX) have completely halted because of significant supply disruptions in the country, Fastmarkets heard on Wednesday November 14.The country is the world's second-largest producer of the metal, but the price of tin on the London Metal Exchange continued to show little reaction to the interruption to trading.A joint statement on October...Read More
The tin premium in Europe remains at a 21-month high amid continued uncertainty over Indonesian supply, while thin spot activity and a closed import arbitrage window kept premiums firm in the United States and China. European participants seek direction amid Indonesian supply outage US traders at odds with buyers in 'dull' market Chinese premiums flat on rising SHFE stocksEuropean premiums hold st...Read More
Comex copper prices moved higher on Wednesday November 14 despite a stronger dollar due to growing optimism that a bilateral trade agreement between the United States and China could be reached in the next few months. The copper price for December settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange gained 1.25 cents to $2.6995 per lb. Markets have seen chaotic price movement in th...Read More
The price for rebar produced and delivered in Southern Europe pushed slowly upward again on Wednesday November 14, with sellers offering higher prices due to high costs but consumers so far unwilling to commit to large-volume deals.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for domestic rebar in Southern Europe narrowed upward to ?,?530-535 ($597-602) per tonne delivered on Wednesday, from ?,?520-535 pe...Read More
The price for rebar produced and delivered in Northern Europe stayed flat on Wednesday November 14, with producers remaining firm on their offer prices despite higher production and raw material costs.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for domestic rebar in Northern Europe stayed at ?,?550-560 ($619-630) per tonne delivered, after rising from ?,?540-560 per tonne two weeks ago.The low end of the...Read More
Prices for hollow steel sections in Northern Europe were flat this week amid stable market conditions, Fastmarkets heard on Wednesday November 14.Fastmarkets' domestic price assessment for commodity-size, grade-S235 square hollow sections made in Northern Europe was ?,?640-660 ($720-743) per tonne delivered on November 14, unchanged week on week.Last week, hollow section prices widened by ?,?10 pe...Read More
Steel mills have begun pushing for an increase in the domestic price for steel beams in Europe, despite market conditions and feedstock costs remaining stable, but prices did not show any change this week, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday November 14.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for domestic S235-grade, 200x200mm, category-2 H-beam in Northern Europe was ?,?620-645 ($698-726) per tonn...Read More
The gap between export offers and bids for hot-rolled coil in China narrowed on Wednesday November 14, raising expectations of the Chinese product finding favor among overseas buyers again.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,800-3,810 yuan ($546-547) per tonne, narrowing downward 10 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 3,840-3,850 yuan per tonne, up 10-20 yuan per tonneDomestic prices were larg...Read More
South African miners will continue to need road transportation to get their material to port, according to Thembalani Gantsho, joint chief executive officer of Kudumane Manganese Resources.Road freight will be needed to meet the shortfall in capacity offered by the country's rail freight company, Transnet, Gantsho told delegates to Fastmarkets International Ferroalloys Conference in Lisbon, held N...Read More
Manganese alloy smelters are under pressure to scale back production due to the smaller margins achieved on suppressed alloy prices, Ferroglobe chief executive officer Pedro Larrea said during Fastmarkets' International Ferro-alloys Conference in Lisbon.Ferroglobe has cut some production at its manganese alloy furnaces, because the company has faced difficulties in generating profits due to the st...Read More
Manganese ore prices are overheated compared with production costs and manganese alloy prices, making them prone to a decline next year, panelists said at Fastmarkets' 34th International Ferro-alloys conference in Lisbon this week. Manganese ore prices have trended higher since May this year. Fastmarkets MB's 44% manganese ore index was last calculated at $7.13 per dry metric tonne unit dmtu,...Read More