Bismuth prices were under pressure in Europe in the week ended Friday October 12, with prices reaching their lowest level so far this year on surplus production and weak demand. Fastmarkets MB assessed the European bismuth price at $3.90-4.40 per lb on Friday October 12, down by $1.20 on the low end of the range from Wednesday's assessment. Abundant supply and a lack of sufficient demand to a...Read More
The Chinese silicon export price moved up following a series of domestic ex-works deals since mid-September, while in the US the price fell for the seventh consecutive month.The Chinese grade 553 silicon export price was assessed at $1,660-1,730 per tonne on Friday October 12, up 0.6% from $1,650-1,720 per tonne previously. Domestic Chinese ex-works prices have been rising since mid-September, whi...Read More
The Turkish deep-sea scrap market was silent on Monday October 15, with market participants waiting to see if an improved Turkish lira will help boost prices.The Turkish lira has picked up since the country freed the American evangelical pastor Andrew Brunson on Friday afternoon, whose detention over his alleged links to proscribed political groups resulted in political tension with the United Sta...Read More
Turkish domestic scrap prices have fallen over the past week because the country's lira has started to regain some of its former value, sources said on Monday October 15.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for auto bundle (DKP grade) ferrous scrap was TRY1,850-2,040 ($315-347) per tonne delivered on Monday, compared with last week's TRY1,900-2,040 per tonne.The rise in the assessment came after s...Read More
Comex copper prices rose to a multi-week high in morning trading on Monday October 15 amid a weaker dollar and optimism from LME Week in London last week. The copper price for December settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange gained 3.00 cents to $2.83 per lb - the highest since October 4. While the rest of the complex...Read More
First Cobalt Corp is in discussions with various feedstock suppliers and potential offtake parties who could finance an eventual restart of its cobalt refining facility in Ontario, Canada. The base case scenario would see the refinery resume operations at 24 tonnes per day, the company said, with production of cobalt sulfate for the lithium-ion battery market or cobalt metal for the US aerospace i...Read More
First Cobalt Corp is in discussions with various feedstock suppliers and potential offtake parties who could finance an eventual restart of its cobalt refining facility in Ontario, Canada. The base case scenario would see the refinery resume operations at 24 tonnes per day, the company said, with production of cobalt sulfate for the lithium-ion battery market or cobalt metal for the US aerospace i...Read More
Aqua Metals has overcome the technical hurdles of scaling up to commercial production volumes and has begun production of lead ingots at its recycling facility in the Tahoe Reno Industrial Complex, in the US state of Nevada.The company, which is based in Alameda, California, has made significant progress toward steady-state module utilization. It will now be able to send material to its customers...Read More
The need for investment in new lithium projects creates a need for risk management tools, but the market's immaturity creates challenges, according to panelists at an LME focus session during this year's annual LME Week. Increasing demand for lithium compounds arising out of the electric vehicle and battery boom has created an appetite to bring new projects on stream, but there are risks associate...Read More
Fastmarkets MB's weekly price assessments for the CIS export steel market will not be published on October 15 because of a public holiday in Ukraine. Instead, the prices will be published on October 16, 2018. The prices affected are:CIS export cold rolled coil $ per tonne fob Black SeaCIS export hot rolled coil $ per tonne fob Black SeaCIS export heavy plate (10-50mm) $ per tonne fob Black SeaCIS...Read More
China's domestic hot-rolled coil prices experienced some mild gains on Monday October 15 amid increased trading in response to an uptrend in the futures market.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 4,230-4,250 yuan ($611-614) per tonne, narrowed up 10 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 4,120-4,130 yuan per tonne, up 10 yuan per tonneGains in the futures market generated buying interest on Monday...Read More
China's ferrous futures started the week mixed, with the steel contracts posting gains during morning trading on Monday October 15, while those for steelmaking raw materials trended downward to end the session lower.Futures closing prices - morning session Shanghai Futures Exchange January rebar: 4,154 yuan ($600) per tonne, up 36 yuan per tonne January hot rolled coil: 3,952 yuan per tonne, up 20...Read More
Increasing raw material costs have driven special bar quality (SBQ) prices up by $1 per hundredweight ($20 per short ton) across all grades, with market participants reporting lead times for hot-rolled bar that extend into early February 2019.Fastmarkets AMM's price assessment for 1-inch round 1000 series (Carbon) hot-rolled bar was at $46 per cwt on Friday October 12, up from $45 p...Read More
Fastmarkets MB's weekly price assessments for the CIS export steel market will not be published on October 15 because of a public holiday in Ukraine. Instead, the prices will be published on October 16, 2018. The prices affected are:CIS export cold rolled coil $ per tonne fob Black SeaCIS export hot rolled coil $ per tonne fob Black SeaCIS export heavy plate (10-50mm) $ per tonne fob Black SeaCIS...Read More
Fastmarkets' weekly price assessments for the Russian domestic steel market will not be published on October 15, 2018, because of a public holiday affecting the regional office whose staff compile the assessments.Instead, the prices will be published on October 16, 2018.The assessments affected are the Russian domestic prices...Read More
The Turkish deep-sea scrap market was silent on Monday October 15, with market participants waiting to see if an improved Turkish lira will help boost prices.The Turkish lira has picked up since the country freed the American evangelical pastor Andrew Brunson on Friday afternoon, whose detention over his alleged links to proscribed political groups resulted in political tension with the United Sta...Read More
Turkish domestic scrap prices have fallen over the past week because the country's lira has started to regain some of its former value, sources said on Monday October 15.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for auto bundle (DKP grade) ferrous scrap was TRY1,850-2,040 ($315-347) per tonne delivered on Monday, compared with last week's TRY1,900-2,040 per tonne.The rise in the assessment came after s...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices were rangebound amid a quiet market on Monday October 15 with uncertainties emerging over steelmaking restrictions in east China.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index: $71.66 per tonne cfr Qingdao, down by $0.01 per tonne.MB 62% Fe Pilbara Blend Fines Index: $70.69 per tonne cfr Qingdao, down by $0.01 per tonne.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index-Low Alumina: $76.34 per tonne cfr Qingdao, down by...Read More
The biggest question facing miners when planning for trade cycles is how flows will be redirected or constrained as a result of discussions between China and the United States, according to the president of marketing and supply at BHP. Arnoud Balhuizen said that BHP's commodities have been flowing as they always have, and the impact on prices has been relatively muted on a historical basis. How th...Read More
Fastmarkets MB's weekly price assessments for the CIS export steel market will not be published on October 15 because of a public holiday in Ukraine. Instead, the prices will be published on October 16, 2018. The prices affected are:CIS export cold rolled coil $ per tonne fob Black SeaCIS export hot rolled coil $ per tonne fob Black SeaCIS export heavy plate (10-50mm) $ per tonne fob Black SeaCIS...Read More