Global ferrous scrap prices plunged worldwide over the week ended Friday September 6, with buyers expecting more price falls in the near term after key Turkish mills bought cargoes at prices lower than the latest previous transactions.Key buyers in Turkey, Vietnam and South Korea were looking for bargains and bought cheap imported cargoes, but other market participants have remained in wait-and-se...Read More
Prices of austenitic alloy steel scrap in the UK domestic market were stable this week at last week's closing level amid relatively stable nickel prices, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday September 6. A surge in the nickel contract on the London Metal Exchange on August 30 of 9.6% day on day resulted in higher scrap prices, which in turn widened upward the range of scrap prices for that week. Nic...Read More
Turkish steel producers stepped back from the market on Friday September 6 - no new bookings were heard following a series of price falls this week, sources said.Three bookings on Tuesday lowered prices by $12.30 per tonne from Monday. A steel mill in the Marmara region purchased a UK cargo comprising 18,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $250 per tonne cfr. A steel mill in the Izmir region booked a...Read More
What difference a few days makes, with base metals and broader, non-haven, markets looking considerably more upbeat recently, with copper prices on Thursday September 5 reaching levels last seen in early August - that after just two-days of gains. That said, the metals are consolidating this morning.This risk-on move has seen gold, the Japanese yen and outright benchmark United States 10-year trea...Read More
VERNER - Today, Vic Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, on behalf of Greg Rickford, Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines, announced $240,000 for two projects that support the 2019 International Plowing Match and Rural Expo (IPM).Investments include: $225,000 for infrastructure, including road surface treatments and installation of culverts, fencing, sig...Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their latest price moves.Read More
It is useful to distinguish among four factors which give importance, urgency, and inevitability to the advancement of space technology. The first of these factors is the compelling urge of man to explore and to discover, the thrust of curiosity that leads men to try to go where no one has gone before.Introduction to Outer SpacePresident's Science Advisory Committee[signed] Dwight D. EisenhowerMar...Read More
China's domestic spot battery-grade lithium carbonate price narrowed downward in the week ended Friday September 6 with most deals concluded at lower end of Fastmarkets' published range, while those few deals struck at higher rates were done so on credit terms.The Chinese lithium hydroxide market also softened this week with more producers lowering their offer prices to entice buyers amid sluggish...Read More
This week's Insights newsletter looks at how the fall might be shaping up as a good one for contrarians. Keeping with that theme, our Insider of the Week takes a value-oriented approach to investing while our video clip of the week assesses which business model may be winning in the cannabis space. Click here to read.Read More
Flat steel prices in the Brazilian domestic market have fallen in early September, with sellers granting discounts on large batches of inventory material, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel hot-rolled coil, domestic, monthly, exw Brazil, was 2,250-2,470 Reais ($549-603) per tonne on Friday September 6, down from 2,470-2,517 Reais per tonne a month earlier.The pri...Read More
Indian steel producers have reduced the price of hot-rolled coil (HRC) for domestic sales in September by about 1,000 rupees ($14) per tonne through discounts and price support offered to distributors.The price of steel HRC, domestic, ex-works India, was assessed by Fastmarkets on Friday September 6 at 35,000-35,500 rupees ($486-493) per tonne, lower by 1,000 rupees per tonne than last week's asse...Read More
Import prices in South America for flat steel products moved in different directions during the first week of September, with galvanized coils showing the strongest effects from the recent Chinese upturn, while most other prices were down or steady compared with the previous assessments.Demand remained weak especially in Brazil, but more activity was reported in Peru, Chile and Colombia.Fastmarket...Read More
The domestic price for Brazilian steel rebar dropped for the fourth consecutive month in September, with apparent long steel consumption faltering, smaller producers increasing the discounts granted to customers, and ferrous scrap costs holding steady.Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, monthly, delivered Brazil, was 2,125-2,300 Reais ($519-561) per tonne on...Read More
Domestic rebar prices in Poland have moved down over the past week, reflecting the expected decrease in ferrous scrap costs, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday September 6.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, exw Poland, was 2,100-2,150 zloty ($534-546) per tonne on September 6, down by 50 zloty per tonne week-on-week from 2,150-2,200 zloty per tonne.Th...Read More
Turkish export wire rod prices have plunged over the past week due to sluggish demand and falling raw material costs, sources said on Thursday September 5.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel wire rod (mesh quality), export, fob main port Turkey, was $455-465 per tonne on Thursday, down from last week's $480-490 per tonne fob.Turkish producers have reduced their offers for exports to $46...Read More
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Global ferrous scrap prices plunged worldwide over the week ended Friday September 6, with buyers expecting more price falls in the near term after key Turkish mills bought cargoes at prices lower than the latest previous transactions.Key buyers in Turkey, Vietnam and South Korea were looking for bargains and bought cheap imported cargoes, but other market participants have remained in wait-and-se...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinWill gold churn around $1,530? Gold could not breakout higher past the upper Bollinger band and the breakdown has done nothing to the chart, does not start a new trend, yet:Read More
Prices of austenitic alloy steel scrap in the UK domestic market were stable this week at last week's closing level amid relatively stable nickel prices, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday September 6. A surge in the nickel contract on the London Metal Exchange on August 30 of 9.6% day on day resulted in higher scrap prices, which in turn widened upward the range of scrap prices for that week. Nic...Read More