Most of the prices for rebar and billet in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia were stable this week while imports were silent, sources told Metal Bulletin on Tuesday January 30.Demand for local rebar, meanwhile, was strong in the UAE. Domestic rebar Major local rebar producers in the UAE announced new prices on January 16. The country's biggest producer, Emirates Steel, is offering rebar at...Read More
ABN Amro's Casper Burgering took the top spot on Metal Bulletin's Apex 2017 yearly base metals leaderboard with an accuracy rating of 96.4%.In second place for base metals was Investec with an accuracy rating of 96.1%, while Ed Meir of INTL FCStone was in third with 96%. Metal Bulletin Research took fourth place with 95.60% and Bert Melek from TD Securities was fifth with 94.10%. In the precious m...Read More
Turkish steel mills have returned to the deep-sea scrap markets for March cargoes and the prices have fallen further at the recent transactions, sources said on Tuesday January 30.The mills had been widely expected to book more cargoes for delivery in February, but no such deals have been reported.Instead, after a short period of negotiation, the mills in the country booked two deep-sea cargoes fr...Read More
Iron ore prices tumbled below $73 per tonne cfr China on Tuesday January 30 after a drop in billet prices, with trades concluded at lower prices than a week ago. Metal Bulletin's 62% Fe Iron Ore Index Today: $72.97 per tonne cfr Qingdao Daily change: down by $1.36 per tonne Month-to-date average: $75.97 per tonne Metal Bulletin's 58% Fe Premium Index Today: $59.70 per tonne cfr...Read More
Most of the prices for rebar and billet in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia were stable this week while imports were silent, sources told Metal Bulletin on Tuesday January 30.Demand for local rebar, meanwhile, was strong in the UAE. Domestic rebar Major local rebar producers in the UAE announced new prices on January 16. The country's biggest producer, Emirates Steel, is offering rebar at...Read More
China's domestic rebar prices were flat on Tuesday January 30 amid weak futures and sparse trading.Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,820-3,890 yuan ($603-614) per tonne, unchanged Northern China (Beijing): 3,900-3,940 yuan per tonne, unchanged Weakening futures kept the spot market bearish and resulted in buyers lowering their procurement rates further during the day. But sellers kept their off...Read More
Supply concerns continued to drive Chinese ferro-vanadium and global vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) prices, while European ferro-vanadium prices found stability at slightly lower levels while market activity slowed. Low availability continues to drive Chinese FeV, V2O5 markets European ferro-vanadium prices stabilize at slightly lower levels US FeV market continues to run on supply concerns, trader int...Read More
Manganese ore prices continued to exhibit strength on thinning supplies last week, while Chinese alloy markets felt pressure from slowing demand. Tightening supplies drive ore prices upward Sluggish demand weakens Chinese alloy prices EU alloy markets remain firm in quiet market US alloy prices continue to run on cold-weather-related tightnessOre prices edge higher on tightening suppliesManganese...Read More
A summary of base metals premiums across the globe for the week to Tuesday January 30.Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange closed in negative territory across the board on Tuesday January 30, with nickel slumping over 3%. Nickel prices rallied to a fresh two-and-a-half-year high of $13,915 per tonne last week, but has now come under increased selling pressure and a downward correction. "It's [nickel's] price action can be quite volatile. We are seeing broad based ri...Read More
ABN Amro's Casper Burgering took the top spot on Metal Bulletin's Apex 2017 yearly base metals leaderboard with an accuracy rating of 96.4%.In second place for base metals was Investec with an accuracy rating of 96.1%, while Ed Meir of INTL FCStone was in third with 96%. Metal Bulletin Research took fourth place with 95.60% and Bert Melek from TD Securities was fifth with 94.10%. In the precious m...Read More
Most of the prices for rebar and billet in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia were stable this week while imports were silent, sources told Metal Bulletin on Tuesday January 30.Demand for local rebar, meanwhile, was strong in the UAE. Domestic rebar Major local rebar producers in the UAE announced new prices on January 16. The country's biggest producer, Emirates Steel, is offering rebar at...Read More
The latest metal markets news and price moves to start the North American day on Tuesday January 30.Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were lower across the board after prices corrected from last week's gains.Nickel prices are the worst affected, down over 2%, as the result of a sell-off. But prices do remain firmly above the $13,000 per tonne barrier...Read More
Good morning from Metal Bulletin's office in Shanghai, as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Tuesday January 30.Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were all weaker during Asian morning trading on Tuesday, with a correction underway across the complex following a strong performance in the previous session.Check Metal Bulletin's live futures report here.LME snapshot...Read More
Price forecast accuracy of 99.35% in Q4 2017 MB published the results of its Q4 2017 Apex survey of metal price forecasters, including ranking its participants by the accuracy of their forecasts. MBR has a good track record of high and consistent accuracy. Last quarter we were the top forecaster of the 20 analyst or trading desks polled. Our average accuracy across all the base metals was 99.35%....Read More
Prices have been sensitive to dollar volatility The recent strength in LME aluminium prices seems to be mainly macro driven, reflecting a sharp sell-off in the dollar. The dollar index dropped a whopping 1% last Wednesday, marking its lowest level since December 2014. The sell-off was partly triggered by US Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin’s comments (“weaker dollar is good for trade...Read More
Aluminium Aluminium has been underpinned by rising support from its 20 DMA since January 9, which currently stands at $2,221 per tonne. While prices tested below this support last week, the lower shadows on the daily candlesticks imply dip-buying interest remains. But attempts to rally have struggled to gain traction above $2,250 per tonne. Failure to hold immediate support at the 20 DMA risks rev...Read More
U.S. equity index futures are lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 11 points in pre-opening trade.Apple dropped $2.00 to $165.96 on reports of a slowdown in iPhone production. The stock is expected to open below support at $166.46.Fourth quarter reports continue to flow in. Reports released this morning included Harley Davidson, McDonalds, Pfizer and Aetna.Thomson Reuters gained $4.55...Read More
SHANGHAI, Jan 30 (SMM) – Nonferrous metals fell for the most part on Tuesday January 30 except for a small rise in SHFE tin. SHFE aluminium led the loss by a 1.5% decline, while copper and lead dropped close to 1%.The ferrous market saw mixed trading with iron ore and coking coal up slightly. Coke was down over 1%, as rebar slid 0.6% and hot-rolled coil slipped 0.5%.Copper: We expect copper...Read More
SHANGHAI, Jan 30 (SMM) – Nonferrous metals fell for the most part on Tuesday January 30 except for a small rise in SHFE tin. SHFE aluminium led the loss by a 1.5% decline, while copper and lead dropped close to 1%.The ferrous market saw mixed trading with iron ore and coking coal up slightly. Coke was down over 1%, as rebar slid 0.6% and hot-rolled coil slipped 0.5%.Copper: We expect copper...Read More