Spot market copper concentrate treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) were stable during early September, with smelters picking up tonnes for the fourth quarter, and traders angling bets on 2019 terms in recent tenders....Read More
Trades for November deliveries of manganese ore, buyers' resistance to price rises and sufficient inventories of such material in China all served to slow the increase in prices for 37% ore over the week that ended on Friday September 14....Read More
The Chinese ferro-silicon market was unchanged in the week to Friday September 14, with expected renewed demand shoring up support for prices; in Europe, the standard-grade spot market dropped following reports of deals that indicate further near-term weakness, while the US ferro-silicon market held steady....Read More
Trades for November deliveries of manganese ore, buyers' resistance to price rises and sufficient inventories of such material in China all served to slow the increase in prices for 37% ore over the week that ended on Friday September 14....Read More
Spot market copper concentrate treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) were stable during early September, with smelters picking up tonnes for the fourth quarter, and traders angling bets on 2019 terms in recent tenders....Read More
The Chinese ferro-silicon market was unchanged in the week to Friday September 14, with expected renewed demand shoring up support for prices; in Europe, the standard-grade spot market dropped following reports of deals that indicate further near-term weakness, while the US ferro-silicon market held steady....Read More
Key data from the Friday September 14 pricing session in Europe. ...Read More
Turkish steel mills made no bookings of deep-sea scrap imports on Monday September 17 but negotiations were continuing, especially at the International Rebar Producers & Exporters Association (Irepas) conference being held at the same time in Istanbul....Read More
Turkish domestic scrap prices have continued to increase in line with the firm values for imported scrap and good demand, sources said on Monday September 17....Read More
Comex copper prices were trading in negative territory at the start of the week with threats of additional US tariffs on China weighing on the red metal. ...Read More
Trades for November deliveries of manganese ore, buyers' resistance to price rises and sufficient inventories of such material in China all served to slow the increase in prices for 37% ore over the week that ended on Friday September 14....Read More
The export market for hot-rolled coil (HRC) from the Commonwealth of Independent States has moved down slightly on slow trading, particularly in Turkey....Read More
China's hot-rolled coil prices were largely stable on Monday September 17, though trading activity picked up....Read More
China's ferrous futures prices fell on Monday September 17 - especially the steel and coke contracts - following shortlived gains in the spot steel market over the weekend....Read More
While prices for all grades of special-bar-quality (SBQ) steel products remained flat month on month in the United States, market participants said extended lead times stretching from December to early January of next year are of increasing concern. ...Read More
The Turkish Ministry of Trade, in its interim report on the investigation into steel imports, found that the tariffs on steel will increase the risk of Turkey's steel industry being hurt by increased imports....Read More
Singapore rebar import prices were stable over the past week amid thin trading in the spot market....Read More
Turkish steel mills made no bookings of deep-sea scrap imports on Monday September 17 but negotiations were continuing, especially at the International Rebar Producers & Exporters Association (Irepas) conference being held at the same time in Istanbul....Read More
Seaborne iron ore trading was quiet on Monday September 17 with prices remaining rangebound....Read More
Turkish domestic scrap prices have continued to increase in line with the firm values for imported scrap and good demand, sources said on Monday September 17....Read More