Base Metal Stocks Articles

Lead: More volatile as a base builds

18 September 2018 / Staff reporter

ILZSG data suggests ytd contractions...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of  market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest issue as s...Read More

Nickel: No escaping the long-term bull story

18 September 2018 / Staff reporter

When the battery bulls return? With tight supply-demand...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of  market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download th...Read More

Tin: Tightness to persist next year

18 September 2018 / Staff reporter

Resilient performance in H1 2018 Tin...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of  market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest issue as s...Read More

Brazilian flat steel makers plan 5% price increase for October

September 18, 2018 / Felipe Peroni

Brazilian flat steel producers have announced another price increase to be imposed on distributors and industrial clients in October, and are also negotiating price rises for annual contracts with carmakers, according to national flat steel association Inda.A rise of around 5% in the prices of flat steel products sold to distributors and industrial clients has been announced by most producers, Ind...Read More

Zinc: Structural tightness in China

18 September 2018 / Staff reporter

Macroeconomic events dominate prices LME three-month...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of  market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the l...Read More

Base metals investment analysis: Copper net spec short up again

18 September 2018 / Staff reporter

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Demand Indicators: September 18 2018

18 September 2018 / Staff reporter

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GULF STEEL BILLET, REBAR: Prices stable, demand still weak

September 18, 2018 / Serife Durmus

Prices for rebar and billet in the United Arab Emirates remained stable in the week ending Tuesday September 18, while demand continued to be limited, sources told Metal Bulletin. Demand is unlikely to improve before October, market participants said. Domestic rebar The market for domestic rebar was stable in the country during the week, and Metal Bulletin's weekly price assessment for domest...Read More

Metals market relieved new US tariffs were not more damaging

18 September 2018 / Staff reporter

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were for the most part firmer this morning, Tuesday September 18. This despite US President Donald Trump imposing 10% tariffs on a further $200 billion of Chinese exports – the market no doubt relieved it was not 25%. The exception to the stronger showing by the LME base metals was lead, which was down by 0.7%. The rest of the comple...Read More

Tech Talk for Tuesday September 18th 2018

18/09/2018 / Staff reporter

U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 4 points in pre-opening trade. FedEx dropped $6.22 to $249.51 after reporting lower than consensus fiscal first quarter earnings. Oracle dropped $1.87 to $47.31 after reporting lower than consensus fiscal first quarter revenues. Red Hat fell $2.37 to $142.00 after JP Morgan lowered its target price to $150 from $160.Fa...Read More

GLOBAL CHROME WRAP: First rise in charge chrome prices since June after ore ticks up

September 18, 2018 / Janie Davies

Ferro-chrome prices rise in China, tracking UG2 prices higher, while alloy prices decline in Europe and the United States. UG2 prices rise for second week running  Charge chrome import prices follow ore higher  Japan and South Korea markets hold ahead of further strength in China  European alloy prices drop on lower benchmark anticipation  US alloy prices weaken amid poor deman...Read More

GLOBAL VANADIUM WRAP: European FeV, V2O5 prices climb again, reaching fresh highs amid supply concerns

September 18, 2018 / Chris Kavanagh

European ferro-vanadium and vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) prices climbed higher in the week ended Friday September 14 to reach more than 13-year highs amid supply concerns, while Chinese exporters held back offers to compensate for limited stocks.Chinese export prices underpinned by strong domestic marketEuropean FeV prices rise 5.5% week on week on supply concernsEuropean V2O5 prices edge up despite...Read More

FOCUS: Trump's new tariffs unsettle Chinese minor metals, ferro-alloys markets

September 18, 2018 / Susan Zou

Fresh concerns about the impact of the escalating US-China trade war have unsettled minor metals and ferro-alloys markets after the United States announced it is imposing new tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. The higher import taxes will apply to almost 6,000 items - the biggest round of US tariffs so far. Minor metals and ferro-alloys that appear on the new list of tariffs include:...Read More

China puts metals into retaliatory duty frame while Trump trade war intensifies [UPDATED]

September 18, 2018 / INS - Keith Nuthall

The Chinese government is poised to directly target the US non-ferrous metals and ore sector in the tit-for-tat trade war launched by US President Donald Trump. Beijing has highlighted metals and ores in a list of products that may be subject to retaliatory tariffs to the United State's third list of duties on Chinese tech, drafted over alleged thefts of US intellectual property. The US Trade Repr...Read More

PEOPLE MOVES: Cutler to retire as Glencore's ferro-alloys marketing head by year end

September 18, 2018 / Janie Davies

Stuart Cutler has announced his retirement from his role as head of Glencore's ferro-alloys marketing department, after almost 25 years at the company, Metal Bulletin has learned. Traders Ruan Van Schalkwyk and Jason Kluk will take over as joint heads of the marketing department following Cutler's departure on December 31, 2018, a spokesman for Glencore confirmed on Tuesday 18 September.Cutler has...Read More

EUROPEAN MORNING BRIEF 18/09: SHFE base metals prices mixed; China poised to target US non-ferrous metals, ores; copper TC/RCs stable in Sept

September 18, 2018 / Violet Li

Good morning from Metal Bulletin's offices in Asia as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Tuesday September 18.Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were mixed during Asian morning trading on Tuesday, with the complex reacting to news that the United States had imposed new tariffs on $200 billion's worth of Chinese goods overnight.Check Metal Bulletin's live futures r...Read More

DAILY SCRAP REPORT: New booking boosts prices

September 18, 2018 / Carrie Bone

The first deep-sea scrap booking of the week, made by a Turkish steel mill on Monday night, boosted prices after coming to light on Tuesday September 18.A steel mill in the Iskenderun region booked a European cargo, consisting of 26,000 tonnes of HMS 1 & 2 (80:20) at $317 per tonne and 4,000 tonnes of...Read More

Steelmaking Raw Materials Trade Log, September 18, 2018

September 18, 2018 / Staff reporter

The latest bids, offers and deals in the global markets for iron ore, pig iron, direct-reduced iron and other steelmaking raw materials.Latest transaction: iron oreIron oreVale, Global...Read More

IRON ORE DAILY: Prices rise despite concerns over likelihood of further restrictions on steelmaking in China

September 18, 2018 / July Zhang

Physical iron ore was trading at higher prices on Tuesday September 18, following on from a much stronger performance in the paper market. Metal Bulletin 62% Fe Iron Ore Index: $69.82 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up by $1.68 per tonne.Metal Bulletin 62% Fe Pilbara Blend Fines Index: $68.85 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up by $1.68 per tonne.Metal Bulletin 62% Fe Iron Ore Index Low Alumina: $75.40 per tonne cfr...Read More

COKING COAL DAILY: fob Australia segment dips but optimism remains

September 18, 2018 / Sophie Zhao

Ex-China prices weakened in the seaborne coking coal spot market on Tuesday September 18, though participants remained largely bullish.An October-laycan cargo of a top Australian brand of coking coal was sold at $210 per tonne fob Australia to a North Asian end-user. A cargo of the same brand had changed hands at $222 per tonne cfr China just a day earlier.A mill source in Hebei's Tangshan told Me...Read More

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