Zinc and lead concentrates trader Edouard Penot has left Transamine after four years at the firm, Fastmarkets understands.Penot was working with Eduardo Grau in handling zinc...Read More
Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), Vedanta's Zambian copper operation, could cut its copper output by up to 150,000 tonnes next year due to rising procurement costs following a proposed import duty on copper concentrates, Fastmarkets has learned. KCM is looking to halve its Zambian primary smelting capacity- which now stands at 311,000 tonnes per year, a company source said on Wednesday October 24. To ga...Read More
Chinese cobalt sulfate trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Unless otherwise stated, all prices are yuan per tonne on an ex-works basis. In addition, cobalt sulfate, Co 20.5% min, China ex-works, adjustment to low-grade cobalt low-end price at Co 20.5% basis, $/Ib is showed in the bracket, at $ per lb basis. Fastmarkets MB prices Click here for Fastmarkets MB'...Read More
Import prices for steel scrap in Turkey remained flat while rumors of bookings in the deep-sea market made by the country's steel producers were unconfirmed on Thursday October 25.Reports of two deep-sea cargo trades came to light but market participants were unable to confirm significant details.A steel mill in the Marmara region was reported to have booked a Baltic Sea cargo of...Read More
Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), Vedanta's Zambian copper operation, could cut its copper output by up to 150,000 tonnes next year due to rising procurement costs following a proposed import duty on copper concentrates, Fastmarkets has learned. KCM is looking to halve its Zambian primary smelting capacity- which now stands at 311,000 tonnes per year, a company source said on Wednesday October 24. To ga...Read More
Comex copper prices were little changed Thursday morning in the US with a stronger dollar capping any positive momentum. The copper price for December settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange inched up 0.10 cents to $2.7585 lb. "While we forecast a stronger copper price by the end of the year, the fragile macro backdrop poses downside risks to our outlook," Fastmar...Read More
Grupo Mexico, the largest Mexican miner, expects a surge in its production next year, mainly led by copper and zinc. The company is undertaking a huge expansion program that will raise its output of copper by almost 80% by 2025, to 1.8 million tonnes per year.The conglomerate owns assets in Mexico, Peru, Spain and the United States, and it produced 254,219 tonnes of copper in the third quarter of...Read More
Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were for the most part under pressure during morning trading on Thursday October 25, with the complex down by an average of 0.2%. Poor US new home sales data on Wednesday and weakness in equity markets are weighing on market sentiment.Copper leads the weakness with a decline of 0.8% as at 07:39am London time, with aluminium, zinc and tin...Read More
The latest metal markets news and price moves to start the North American day on Thursday October 25.Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mixed during morning trading on Thursday October 25, with bearish third-quarter earnings reports prompting sharp sell-offs in the Asian and European equity markets, while global trade tensions are deterring commodity investment.Edging lower over...Read More
Domestic prices for hot-dipped galvanized (HDG) coil have fallen in Southern Europe over the past week due to slow trading, sources told Fastmarkets MB. Buyers have been mainly holding back from making purchases in anticipation of a clearer market trend. Mills are expected to negotiate their next long-term contracts with big buyers in the automotive sector by the end of this month, and spot buyers...Read More
China's export prices for hot-rolled coil weakened on Thursday October 25 even though the domestic market was largely stable, with participants expecting more downside for the product amid rising supply and weak demand.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 4,170-4,190 yuan ($601-604) per tonne, unchangedNorthern China (Tianjin): 4,080-4,100 yuan per tonne, unchangedMost transactions in Shanghai were c...Read More
Apparent steel consumption in the EU is expected to grow in 2018-19, but "trade frictions with the US and cooling global demand" increase the uncertainty in the market and might lead to weaker prospects for European steel users, regional steel association Eurofer said on Thursday October 25.European apparent steel consumption will increase by 2.2% year-on-year to 163 million tonnes in the full yea...Read More
Imported steel billet prices in Egypt widened upward in the week ended Thursday October 25, although demand in the country remained weak.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel billet imported into Egypt was $480-490 per tonne cfr on Thursday, compared with $480-485 per tonne cfr last week.The assessment nudged upward because offers at the higher...Read More
Import prices for steel billet in Southeast Asia edged down on Thursday October 25 amid lower offers and lackluster domestic sales for finished steel.Fastmarkets' daily price assessment for billet imported into Southeast Asia was $505-510 per tonne cfr Manila on Thursday, narrowing downward by $5 per tonne from $505-515 per tonne cfr on Wednesday.The assessment range declined from $510-515 per ton...Read More
Buyers in the export market for pig iron from the Commonwealth of Independent States have been keeping an eye on the United States, the world's largest consumer of merchant pig iron.Fastmarkets' export price assessment for high-manganese pig iron from the CIS was $360-375 per tonne fob Black Sea on October 25, widening upward from $360-370 per tonne a week earlier.Once the price of hot-rolled coil...Read More
Import prices for steel scrap in Turkey remained flat while rumors of bookings in the deep-sea market made by the country's steel producers were unconfirmed on Thursday October 25.Reports of two deep-sea cargo trades came to light but market participants were unable to confirm significant details.A steel mill in the Marmara region was reported to have booked a Baltic Sea cargo of...Read More
Tight supply of Australian iron ore continued to support the market for the steelmaking raw material on Thursday October 25, with the benchmark 62% Fe index rising above $76 per tonne cfr China.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index: $76.04 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up by $1.31 per tonne.MB 62% Fe Pilbara Blend Fines Index: $75.07 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up by $1.31 per tonne.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index-Low Alumina: $...Read More
Imported steel billet prices in Egypt widened upward in the week ended Thursday October 25, although demand in the country remained weak.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel billet imported into Egypt was $480-490 per tonne cfr on Thursday, compared with $480-485 per tonne cfr last week.The assessment nudged upward because offers at the higher...Read More
Iranian export billet and slab prices continued to decline in the week ended Wednesday October 24, but customers showed little interest in the material.Some customers refrained from booking Iranian materiel due to the United States sanctions."Customers [in the UAE] were signing documents confirming they will not buy anymore sanctioned material," a UAE-based trading source told Fastmarkets."Buyers...Read More
Import prices for steel billet in Southeast Asia edged down on Thursday October 25 amid lower offers and lackluster domestic sales for finished steel.Fastmarkets' daily price assessment for billet imported into Southeast Asia was $505-510 per tonne cfr Manila on Thursday, narrowing downward by $5 per tonne from $505-515 per tonne cfr on Wednesday.The assessment range declined from $510-515 per ton...Read More