The Chinese ferro-silicon market was stable in the week ended Friday November 16, extending a steady trend in line with supply and demand, while the European price moved downward because the quiet market encouraged lower offer prices. China prices supported on stable fundamentals European prices fall amid quiet market US spot market inactive, focus remains on long-term contract negotiations.China...Read More
Nickel futures on the London Metal Exchange continue to trade at their lowest level since December 2017 while supply disruptions from Indonesia are helping boost tin back towards $20,000 per tonne.Nickel futures on the London Metal Exchange continue to trade at their lowest level since December 2017 amid continued pressure from global trade tensions, while persistent supply disruptions from Indone...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Shanghai, New York and London in the week ending on Friday November 16.China The export price for grade-553 silicon in China continued to drop due to thin spot inquiries amid weak demand. Rising cargoes at major ports in China added to the additional downward pressure on the price. Market participants have suggested that demand will resume in...Read More
The market for hot-rolled and cold-rolled steel sheet in Russia's Central Federal District around Moscow has remained weak despite mill expectations of an improvement in demand after an explosion at Kazakhstan's ArcelorMittal Temirtau. ArcelorMittal Temirtau, which is is the largest supplier of imported flat steel products in Russia, partly suspended operations on Saturday November 10&nb...Read More
The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Tuesday November 20.Nickel futures on the London Metal Exchange continue to trade at their lowest level since December 2017 while supply disruptions from Indonesia are helping boost tin prices back toward $20,000 per tonne. Read more here in our live futures report.Here is how prices looked at the close of trading:Unwavering demand for...Read More
The latest metal markets news and price moves to start the North American day on Monday November 19. Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly higher during morning trading despite hawkish rhetoric on the US-China trade relations while a softer dollar index continues to support investment. Here's how base metals prices looked at 11:33am London time:Read our live futures report he...Read More
Good morning from Fastmarkets MB's offices in Asia as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Monday November 19.Base metal prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were up across the board during Asian morning trading on Monday, supported by a retreat in the dollar following dovish rhetoric from the United States Federal Reserve at the end of last week. At 96.44 as at 10.02am Shanghai...Read More
Ross Miles has joined Viant Commodities as a trader based in London after leaving Kyen Resources following the latter's recent financial troubles. According to Miles' LinkedIn account, he left his role as head of European metals and global recycled metals in September this year. He had worked at Kyen...Read More
Nickel futures on the London Metal Exchange continue to trade at their lowest level since December 2017 while supply disruptions from Indonesia are helping boost tin back towards $20,000 per tonne.Nickel futures on the London Metal Exchange continue to trade at their lowest level since December 2017 amid continued pressure from global trade tensions, while persistent supply disruptions from Indone...Read More
Antofagasta will target record copper output in 2019 while expecting the market to head into a small deficit next year, boosting copper prices, its chief executive officer Ivan Arriagada said in an interview with Fastmarkets.The London-listed Chilean copper miner has issued guidance to produce 750,000-790,000 tonnes of copper in 2019, up 8% from this year's expected 705,000-720,000 tonnes."It will...Read More
Iron ore prices largely picked up on Monday November 19, apart from those for higher grades, leading to a further narrowing of the spread between 65% Fe and 62% Fe indices.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index: $76.11 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $0.80 per tonne.MB 62% Fe Pilbara Blend Fines Index: $75.30 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $0.19 per tonne.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index-Low Alumina: $79.80 per tonne cfr Qingdao,...Read More
Export prices for flat steel products from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) moved lower in the week ended Monday November 19 because demand remained weak and the downtrend in China put pressure on the market."There was a possibility that the fall in prices would stop after the accident at Temirtau [ArcelorMittal's asset in Kazakhstan]," one trader from Russia told Fastmarkets. "But the...Read More
Turkish steel producers continued to hold back from the deep-sea scrap market on Monday November 19, because they expect more supplies from China to hit the market in the next few weeks.This is especially so for Chinese rebar, which is widely expected by market participants to be offered in increasing amounts in the near term while its domestic market softens."The price in China is falling....Read More
The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Tuesday November 20.Nickel futures on the London Metal Exchange continue to trade at their lowest level since December 2017 while supply disruptions from Indonesia are helping boost tin prices back toward $20,000 per tonne. Read more here in our live futures report.Here is how prices looked at the close of trading:Unwavering demand for...Read More
Vale must continue the stoppage at its Brazilian ferro-nickel operation, On??a Puma, and pay more than 100 million Reais ($27 million) in compensation to nearby indigenous communities, a Brazilian court ruled last week.The company will appeal against the decision in higher courts, Vale said. But the ruling, handed down on November 13, did not change the circumstances on the ground, because mining...Read More
Comex copper prices eased lower in morning trading on Monday November 19 in the United States amid early warning signs of a continuing impasse between that country and China ahead of the meeting of the G20 developed nations later this month.The copper price for December settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange dipped by 0.35 cents per lb to $2.7950 per lb.Despite the po...Read More
London-listed NQ Minerals plc has signed an additional marketing and offtake agreement with Traxys Europe SA, adding to an arrangement signed with the commodities firm in August. The mining company, which shipped its first lead, gold and silver concentrates from its Hellyer operation to Traxys Europe earlier this month, has now agreed to sell all the precious metal and pyrite concentrate to be pro...Read More
Antofagasta will target record copper output in 2019 while expecting the market to head into a small deficit next year, boosting copper prices, its chief executive officer Ivan Arriagada said in an interview with Fastmarkets.The London-listed Chilean copper miner has issued guidance to produce 750,000-790,000 tonnes of copper in 2019, up 8% from this year's expected 705,000-720,000 tonnes."It will...Read More
The latest metal markets news and price moves to start the North American day on Monday November 19. Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly higher during morning trading despite hawkish rhetoric on the US-China trade relations while a softer dollar index continues to support investment. Here's how base metals prices looked at 11:33am London time:Read our live futures report he...Read More
Arbitrage for copper, aluminium, zinc and nickel imported into China on Monday November 19 * Copper -$188.77 (-1,313.54 yuan) Aluminium -$425.33 (-2,959.55 yuan) Zinc -$144.92 (-1008.41 yuan) Nickel $752.76 (5,237.96 yuan) *Fastmarkets calculates the physical arbitrage for import into China daily by using SHFE front-month and LME three-month...Read More