Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were up across the board this morning, Tuesday August 10, this after a day of weakness on Monday - once again it looks like dips are being seen as a buying opportunity.Markets focused on when central bank will start to tighten monetary policy, and to what degree will the Delta variant of Covid-19 will slow the reflation trade Base metalsLME three-mon...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday August 10 that are worth another look.Germany's Thyssenkrupp ended force majeure at its Steel Europe division on August 6, the company's spokesperson told Fastmarkets on August 10.If any member was going...Read More
Vietnamese steelmakers are planning to return to importing deep sea cargoes after limited recent buying activity in the country, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday August 10. Vietnamese buyers are looking closely at deep-sea cargoesMajor Chinese steel mills lower domestic scrap purchase prices for the second time in five daysTaiwan secures containerized scrap at lower pricesVietnamBuyers are seek...Read More
Aluminum smelters in China's Guangxi province have been notified by Guangxi Power Grid Company to reduce their regular power consumption by at least 30% before August 15 by staggering power usage, sources told Fastmarkets.Guangxi province has a yearly operating capacity of 1.9 million tonnes per year of aluminium and is currently operating at 93% of capacity. "We estimate that [output will re...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday August 10 that are worth another look.Germany's Thyssenkrupp ended force majeure at its Steel Europe division on August 6, the company's spokesperson told Fastmarkets on August 10.If any member was going...Read More
Global aluminium premiums were supported across the globe by insufficient supply, strong demand and rising freight rates, although market illiquidity kept Asian and Brazilian markets static during the week to Tuesday August 10.US Midwest market sets another record high on tight supplyRotterdam premiums hold at all-time high amid strong fundamentalsJapanese, South Korean premiums unchanged due to s...Read More
Most prices for steel import into the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia decreased during the week ended Tuesday August 10 because of weak demand, sources told Fastmarkets.The main reasons for the poor level of demand was said to be the holiday season, as well as the fact that buyers wanted to see prices reach a bottom before placing orders.Saudi ArabiaIndia offered hot-rolled coil at $960-980...Read More
Turkish steel mills booked no new cargoes on Tuesday August 10, keeping prices stable, but older cargoes have been reported, sources told Fastmarkets.Despite a lack of new bookings on Tuesday, cargoes booked the previous week were reported by the market.A United Kingdom booking comprised of 25,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $460 per tonne cfr was traded late in the week to August 6....Read More
If any member was going to leave the London Metal Exchange ring trading floor, the exchange was probably hoping it wouldn't be Triland Metals Ltd.The company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi, is one of the exchange's longest serving Category 1 members, having joined in 1972 after being founded in the prior year. Having a unit of Japan's largest trading company as a ri...Read More
Chinese lithium battery producer EVE Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with battery materials producer GEM to recycle more than 10,000 tonnes per year of nickel from spent nickel-containing batteries as of 2024, EVE Energy said on Monday August 9.Under the terms of the MoU, starting in 2024 GEM has agreed to recycle nickel products and provide EVE Energy with more than 10,000 t...Read More
The departure of Triland Metals Ltd from the ring of the London Metal Exchange does not trigger its permanent closure, with the floor still set to reopen on September 6, the exchange confirmed.Triland, one of the nine current Category 1 members of the LME, said in a letter to customers earlier on August 10 that it has applied to switch to Category 2 membership and will not return to the ring when...Read More
Tianshan Aluminum has signed a cooperation deal with an unnamed Indonesia bauxite company, it said on August 10 - a move to secure more supply and boost its competitiveness.Tianshan will buy no less than 49% of shares of the bauxite company through direct or indirect acquisitions, the company told the Shenzhen Stock Exchange website, where it is listed.Tianshan hopes to expand its cooperation with...Read More
Prices for domestic steel rebar in Russia's Central Federal District have continued to decline, losing another 3000-5000 roubles ($41-68) per tonne in the seven days to Monday August 9.Market participants expect the downward trend to prevail until the busy construction season ends in early November.Considering the high prices on offer from traditional suppliers in the Moscow area, stockists have b...Read More
Tin's three-month price reached a new all-time high of $35,300 per tonne on the London Metal Exchange, with continued tightness continuing to grip the market, while the rest of the complex rose by an average of 1.3% on Tuesday August 10. Tin's three-month price has increased by around 9.5% in the last month, having had an intraday high of $32,250 per tonne on July 12. Around 470 lots of tin h...Read More
Iron ore prices fell significantly on Tuesday August 10 due to continuing weak demand, with production cuts and pollution-control measures in China's Tangshan city, in preparation for February's 2022 Winter Olympics, further depressing market sentiment.Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $162.44 per tonne, down $10.07 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $162.75 per...Read More
The persistent logistics disruptions brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic have forced traders and buyers to rearrange their supply chains, and to change packaging and delivery destinations, while the continuing container crisis has pushed the US freight regulator to investigate the situation.The commodity world is facing logistics problems arising from the global container shortage. Additional p...Read More
Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States achieved yet another record high, with debate now intensifying over whether mills can eventually collect $2,000 per short ton ($100 per hundredweight) on hot band.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US was calculated at $94.67 per cwt ($1,893.40 per ton) on Tuesday August 10, an increase of 0.65% from $94.06 per cwt on Monday August...Read More
Russia's Metalloinvest is investing 2 billion roubles ($27.18 million) in increasing iron ore pellet output at its Oskol Electrometallurgical Plant (OEMK) in Russia's Central Federal District. The company will reconstruct its pelletizing plant at OEMK, replacing the existing equipment and adding a sixth pelletizing line. It expects the work to be complete in the fourth quarter of 2022.The changes...Read More
Turkish steel mills booked no new cargoes on Tuesday August 10, keeping prices stable, but older cargoes have been reported, sources told Fastmarkets.Despite a lack of new bookings on Tuesday, cargoes booked the previous week were reported by the market.A United Kingdom booking comprised of 25,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $460 per tonne cfr was traded late in the week to August 6....Read More
Ferrous scrap prices in Mexico were stable or down in the week ended Friday August 6, with some buyers succeeding in applying price cuts for obsolete grades.In Mexico's central Baj?-o region, at least two buyers were announcing a price reduction of 200 pesos ($10) on all grades.While price decreases were possible for obsolete grades, market participants did not see one for No1 busheling."The...Read More