Fastmarkets' Ferrous Analytics report helps subscribers keep track of hot metal costs and steel production spreads in China, along with key pricing components of the steelmaking raw materials supply chain in Asia. Read More
Brazil was a net importer of finished steel during the first quarter of 2021 for the first time since 2014 amid a domestic supply-demand imbalance, according to data from the economy ministry.The country purchased 49,976 tonnes of steel more thanit exported. The figure takes into account unalloyed, non-special steel - hot- and cold-rolled coil, galvanized and Galvalume, and heavy plate, as we...Read More
Wire rod prices in Poland increased in the latest transactions, moving closer to official offer levels, driven by healthy demand and limited availability, Fastmarkets heard on Friday April 16.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel wire rod (drawing quality), domestic, delivered Poland was 3,100-3,150 zloty ($815-828) per tonne on Friday, narrowing upward by 50 zloty from 3,050-3,...Read More
Steelmakers in Poland have tried to increase steel rebar prices for May bookings despite buyers' resistance, Fastmarkets heard on Friday April 16.Buying activity in Poland's rebar market slowed down this week on a mismatch between offers and bids, market sources said.Local rebar producers were attempting to increase their selling prices but buyers were taking a wait-and-see stance."The problem is...Read More
Pig iron export prices from Brazil rose again during the week to Friday April 16 following further sales. Fastmarkets' price assessment for pig iron, export, fob port of Vitoria/Rio, Brazil was $540 per tonne on Friday, up by 3.35% from $520-525 per tonne the...Read More
The pig iron import market in the United States went up during the week ended Friday April 16 amid good demand and bullishness among suppliers.Fastmarkets' price assessment for pig iron, import, cfr Gulf of Mexico, US, was $570-580 per tonne on Friday, up by $10 per tonne from $560-570 per tonne the previous week."There is demand in the US. Buyers...Read More
Domestic ferrous scrap prices in Germany have been largely unchanged over the month to Friday April 16, sources have told Fastmarkets.New scrap was an exception, with prices for such grades increasing slightly due to tight supply from the automotive sector.Fastmarkets' monthly price assessment for steel scrap No E3 (old thick steel scrap), domestic, delivered mill, Germany, was unchanged over the...Read More
Brazil was a net importer of finished steel during the first quarter of 2021 for the first time since 2014 amid a domestic supply-demand imbalance, according to data from the economy ministry.The country purchased 49,976 tonnes of steel more thanit exported. The figure takes into account unalloyed, non-special steel - hot- and cold-rolled coil, galvanized and Galvalume, and heavy plate, as we...Read More
Billet producers in the Commonwealth of Independent States selling material from the Black Sea basin continued to look for support outside nearer markets because buying activity there was limited by unfavorable market conditions. "Turkish customers practically give no bids," one trading source said, adding that softening scrap prices led to the negative sentiment in Turkish market. Fastmarkets' da...Read More
Fastmarkets' Ferrous Analytics report helps subscribers keep track of hot metal costs and steel production spreads in China, along with key pricing components of the steelmaking raw materials supply chain in Asia. Read More
Sales of passenger cars in the EU rocketed by 87.30% year-on-year in March 2021, the European Automotive Manufacturers Association (ACEA) said on Friday April 16.New car sales in the region totalled 1,062,446 vehicles in March 2021, up from 567,253 units sold in the corresponding month of 2020.The increase was "the result of last year's exceptionally low base of comparison caused by the strict Cov...Read More
Brazil was a net importer of finished steel during the first quarter of 2021 for the first time since 2014 amid a domestic supply-demand imbalance, according to data from the economy ministry.The country purchased 49,976 tonnes of steel more thanit exported. The figure takes into account unalloyed, non-special steel - hot- and cold-rolled coil, galvanized and Galvalume, and heavy plate, as we...Read More
China's crude steel, hot metal and finished steel production all rose sharply year on year in March and the first quarter of 2021, according to data released by National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday April 16.March productionCrude steel: 94.02 million tonnes, up by 19.1% from March 2020Hot metal: 74.75 million tonnes, up by 8.9% year on yearFinished steel: 119.87 million tonnes, up by 20.9%...Read More
Trade unions at Liberty's Czech-based Ostrava plant have announced a strike alert amid allegations that the plant's emissions allowances will be lent to another Liberty-owned steel mill, Fastmarkets heard.Earlier this week, the OS KOVO trade union warned of a readiness to strike at Liberty's Ostrava plant amid market concerns about the parent company's financial sustainability.Liberty Steel has be...Read More
Brazil was a net importer of finished steel during the first quarter of 2021 for the first time since 2014 amid a domestic supply-demand imbalance, according to data from the economy ministry.The country purchased 49,976 tonnes of steel more thanit exported. The figure takes into account unalloyed, non-special steel - hot- and cold-rolled coil, galvanized and Galvalume, and heavy plate, as we...Read More
Pig iron export prices from Brazil rose again during the week to Friday April 16 following further sales. Fastmarkets' price assessment for pig iron, export, fob port of Vitoria/Rio, Brazil was $540 per tonne on Friday, up by 3.35% from $520-525 per tonne the...Read More
The pig iron import market in the United States went up during the week ended Friday April 16 amid good demand and bullishness among suppliers.Fastmarkets' price assessment for pig iron, import, cfr Gulf of Mexico, US, was $570-580 per tonne on Friday, up by $10 per tonne from $560-570 per tonne the previous week."There is demand in the US. Buyers...Read More
Domestic ferrous scrap prices in Germany have been largely unchanged over the month to Friday April 16, sources have told Fastmarkets.New scrap was an exception, with prices for such grades increasing slightly due to tight supply from the automotive sector.Fastmarkets' monthly price assessment for steel scrap No E3 (old thick steel scrap), domestic, delivered mill, Germany, was unchanged over the...Read More
Almost all base metal futures prices rose by over 3% in the week ending Friday April 16, despite falling lower from their readings on Thursday, boosted in part by a US dollar index that has been at its lowest in a month. Copper's three-month price closed on Friday at $9,211 per tonne, up 3.9% since Monday, when its 5pm price was of $8,861 per tonne. The metal reached $9,353.50 per tonne during tra...Read More
Lead stocks in Shanghai Futures Exchange-registered warehouses climbed by 24.1% in the week to Friday April 16, due to seasonal weakness, while production cuts in Yunnan province caused tin inventories to fall 5.9%.According to the exchange's latest stocks report, lead stocks stood at 65,444 tonnes on Friday, up 12,692 tonnes from 52,752 tonnes the a week earlier, while tin stocks declin...Read More