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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from July 9

July 12, 2021 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday July 9 that are worth another look.The introduction of a Russian export duty on steel products carries serious risks for the country's steel industry, Russia's steel association Russkaya Stal warned last week.Sandfire Resources' Motheo copper mine in...Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from July 9

July 12, 2021 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday July 9 that are worth another look.The introduction of a Russian export duty on steel products carries serious risks for the country's steel industry, Russia's steel association Russkaya Stal warned last week.Sandfire Resources' Motheo copper mine in...Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from July 9

July 12, 2021 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday July 9 that are worth another look.The introduction of a Russian export duty on steel products carries serious risks for the country's steel industry, Russia's steel association Russkaya Stal warned last week.Sandfire Resources' Motheo copper mine in...Read More

Tech Talk for Monday July 12th 2021

12/07/2021 / Staff reporter

U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 6 points in pre-opening trade.The Shanghai Composite Index added 23.75 to 3,547.84 after China's central bank announced a reduction in reserve requirements for China's major banks effective July 15th. The reduction is expected to inject $150 billion into the economy.Disney gained $4.24 to $177.04 after JP Morgan raise...Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from July 9

July 12, 2021 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday July 9 that are worth another look.The introduction of a Russian export duty on steel products carries serious risks for the country's steel industry, Russia's steel association Russkaya Stal warned last week.Sandfire Resources' Motheo copper mine in...Read More

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from July 9

July 12, 2021 / Staff reporter

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday July 9 that are worth another look.The introduction of a Russian export duty on steel products carries serious risks for the country's steel industry, Russia's steel association Russkaya Stal warned last week.Sandfire Resources' Motheo copper mine in...Read More

NEW ENERGY MATERIALS MARKET REPORT 09/07: European supplies tight for battery-grade lithium, spodumene

July 10, 2021 / Staff reporter

An overview of the new energy materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Susan Zou, Yingchi Yang and...Read More

GLOBAL FERRO-SILICON SNAPSHOT: Active EU market continues to see price gains

July 10, 2021 / Staff reporter

Key data from Fastmarkets' Friday July 9 pricing sessions in Europe, China and the United States.China The export ferro-silicon market was stable over the week, with few inquiries or deals made. Overall, market participants took a strong wait-and-see attitude to the steel mill tender in July. Spot availability is still quite tight...Read More

COPPER CONCS SNAPSHOT: TC/RC above $40/4 cents for first time in six months

July 10, 2021 / Staff reporter

Spot copper concentrate treatment/refining charges (TC/RC) continued to rise for the fourth week in a row on the improving availability of the copper raw material.Fastmarkets copper concentrate TC/RC index was calculated at $42.4 per tonne/4.24 cents per lb for the week to Friday July 9, its first foray above the $40/4 cents mark since late...Read More

NEW ENERGY MATERIALS MARKET REPORT 09/07: European supplies tight for battery-grade lithium, spodumene

July 10, 2021 / Staff reporter

An overview of the new energy materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Susan Zou, Yingchi Yang and...Read More

LIVE FUTURES 09/07: Base metals prices upbeat after PBOC RRR cut, nickel hits 4-month high

July 10, 2021 / Staff reporter

London Metal Exchange base metal futures barring tin traded higher on Friday July 9 after the market responded to news that China's central bank will boost liquidity to small and medium sized businesses.The People's Bank of China said it would reduce the Reserve Requirement Ratio (RRR), the amount of cash banks have to hold in reserve, by 0.5%, equivalent to the release of a trillion yuan ($154 bi...Read More

NEW ENERGY MATERIALS MARKET REPORT 09/07: European supplies tight for battery-grade lithium, spodumene

July 10, 2021 / Staff reporter

An overview of the new energy materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Susan Zou, Yingchi Yang and...Read More

SPECIALTY STEEL RAW MATERIALS MARKET REPORT 09/07: Russian export tax supports chromium prices

July 10, 2021 / Staff reporter

An overview of the specialty steel raw materials markets in Europe and their latest price moves.Janie Davies...Read More

STEEL SCRAP WRAP: Demand still limited in major markets

July 10, 2021 / Staff reporter

Global scrap prices broadly fell over the week to Friday July 9. Spot demand in Asia remained weak, with buyers looking at lower Turkish steel scrap prices for indications of better buying opportunities in the future.Turkey resumes deep-sea importsPrime grades perform best in USVietnam demand soft but billet demand could offer hopeChinese price uptrend capped by production cutsTaiwan continues to...Read More

UK STEEL SCRAP WEEKLY: Light iron market stable but could rise on increased demand

July 10, 2021 / Staff reporter

The inter-merchant light iron scrap market in the United Kingdom was unchanged this week although increased demand could result in small price rises in the coming weeks, participants told Fastmarkets on Friday July 9.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel scrap 5C, loose old light, domestic, delivered inter-merchant, UK, was ?175-190 ($241-262) per tonne on Friday, unchanged since June 18...Read More

SOUTH ASIA STEEL SCRAP: Demand still healthy in Pakistan; Indian market slow

July 10, 2021 / Staff reporter

Prices for shredded steel scrap imports into Pakistan increased in the week to Friday July 9, supported by higher trading activity compared with India, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets calculated its weekly steel scrap, shredded, index, import, cfr Port Qasim, Pakistan, at $547.34 per tonne on July 9, up by $7.83 per tonne from $539.51 per tonne on July 2.Deals for the material have been...Read More

Sandfire's Botswana copper mine to start production in 2023 after gaining license

July 10, 2021 / Staff reporter

Sandfire Resources' Motheo copper mine in Botswana will come online in 2023, the mid-tier copper and gold miner said this week, after acquiring a mining license for the project. The construction of the Motheo copper mine will accelerate in the coming months and should deliver 30,000 tonnes of copper and 1.2 million ounces of silver for the first 12-and-a-half years of mine life, the Canada-listed...Read More

NEW ENERGY MATERIALS MARKET REPORT 09/07: European supplies tight for battery-grade lithium, spodumene

July 10, 2021 / Staff reporter

An overview of the new energy materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Susan Zou, Yingchi Yang and...Read More

GLOBAL LITHIUM WRAP: Europe, US markets strengthen; China prices stable despite Wuxi strength

July 10, 2021 / Staff reporter

Lithium prices in Europe and the United States rose during the week to Thursday July 8, while the China domestic market was broadly stable, with the rally of the recently launched lithium carbonate contract on the Wuxi Stainless Steel Exchange having a minimal impact on the physical market.Availability of technical-grade lithium remains tight in Europe and the US amid lingering logistic delays, su...Read More

ALUMINIUM FOUNDRY WRAP: Rotterdam P1020 uptrend propels European PFA premiums higher

July 10, 2021 / Staff reporter

Bullish sentiment in the aluminium supply chain fueled increases in premium foundry alloy (PFA) premiums in Europe in the week ended Friday July 9. The PFA premium in the US was flat once again.EuropeSoaring premiums for P1020 aluminium, expensive logistics and solid demand pushed the premiums for primary foundry alloy (PFA) in Europe to new all-time highs this week.Fastmarkets' assessment of the...Read More

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