The import price for steel billet in the United Arab Emirates increased this week on higher offers, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday January 29.Domestic rebarLocal rebar producers in the UAE announced reduced prices on January 21 for material to be shipped in February.The country's largest producer, Emirates Steel, was offering rebar at 1,845 dirhams ($502) per tonne ex-works, while Conares Ste...Read More
China's rebar prices were flat on Tuesday January 29 in the both domestic and export markets amid low trading activity.Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,710-3,750 yuan ($550-556) per tonne, unchangedNorthern China (Beijing): 3,700-3,740 yuan per tonne, unchangedRebar futures traded lower than Monday's settlement price of 3,711 yuan per tonne throughout the day, resulting in bearish sentiment in...Read More
Import prices for steel slab in Southeast Asia and East Asia have inched down further for a fourth consecutive week amid sluggish downstream markets.Fastmarkets MB's weekly import price assessment for slab in Southeast Asia and East Asia was $415-425 per tonne cfr on Monday January 28, narrowing downward by $5 per tonne from a week earlier.A booking involving 25,000 tonnes of slab from a major mil...Read More
Higher sales prices brought slight price increases to European high-carbon ferro-chrome and imported charge chrome in China in the week ended Friday January 25 amid low activity prior to the Chinese New Year holiday. Imported charge chrome in China increases by 1.3% Domestic spot ferro-chrome prices in China stable Imported ferro-chrome into Japan, South Korea and US steady Europea...Read More
The domestic ferro-silicon market in China has been steady in the past week, consolidating a small recovery made the week before, amid low-key trading. In Europe, ferro-silicon prices fell to lows last seen in July 2017 when traders cut their offer prices to encourage buying interest amid slow demand. Chinese market holds up with supplies reduced European suppliers cut offer prices on slow demand...Read More
Low-grade manganese ore prices showed signs of recovery in the week ended Friday January 25 while high-grade flattened amid increased liquidity ahead of Chinese New Year in early February. Low-grade manganese ore prices ticked up in China, high-grade holdsPhysical silico-manganese prices hold in China, India, EuropeFerro-manganese holds globallyUS silico-manganese prices edge up Low grade mangane...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Tuesday January 29 that are worth another look.Ferro-tungsten prices will continue to trade in wider ranges this year amid a bearish outlook, market participants told Fastmarkets.Brazilian federal police have arrested five people related to inspections of the tailings dam that failed last week at Vale's C??rrego do Feij??o iro...Read More
Tata Steel Europe has restarted its blast furnace (BF) No 5 at the Port Talbot mill in the UK following the facility's upgrade that began in September last year, the company said on January 29.BF No 5 is one of two operational blast furnaces at the 3 million tonnes-per-year capacity Port Talbot site."The life extension project of BF No 5 cost tens of millions of pounds and is a critical part of Ta...Read More
A summary of base metals premiums from across the globe for the week to Tuesday January 29. Please click on the thumbnail...Read More
Nickel's three-month price on the London Metal Exchange soared more than 2% at the close of trading on Tuesday January 29, with the metal's futures price now trading firmly above $12,000 per tonne against a backdrop of dwindling LME stocks.LME nickel's price action has followed an uptrend over January, and is trading over 13% higher after hitting its lowest level since December 2017 at $10,500 per...Read More
Fastmarkets looks at key factors that are likely to influence minor metals prices in 2019. China's slowdown dampens sentiment For minor metals production, China leads the way globally, contributing an estimated minimum of 70% of world output of indium, bismuth, gallium and germanium. Last week, the world's biggest producer and consumer of minor metals said its economic growth dropped to its slowes...Read More
Hot-rolled (HR) and cold-rolled (CR) steel sheet prices in Russia's Central Federal District around Moscow may increase on talk of reduced availability, sources told Fastmarkets on Monday January 28. "Mills say they can [only offer stockists] tonnages already held in stock [by traders], citing that March-rolled flats was sold out and unavailable for the free market," one large stockist told F...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Tuesday January 29 that are worth another look.Ferro-tungsten prices will continue to trade in wider ranges this year amid a bearish outlook, market participants told Fastmarkets.Brazilian federal police have arrested five people related to inspections of the tailings dam that failed last week at Vale's C??rrego do Feij??o iro...Read More
Jeff Kilburg and Scott Bauer discuss if the precious metal can attract some follow-through buying. Learn more: https://activetrader.cmegroup.com/ Follow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CMEActiveTrader Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CMEGroup CME Group is the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, offering the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset...Read More
Vital Materials has appointed Nick Boulton as its sales and product manager, the company told Fastmarkets on Friday January 25. Boulton, who will be based in the United Kingdom in this role, holds over 30 years' experience in multiple roles across a variety of market segments including petrochemicals, fine chemicals pharmaceuticals and minor metals. Prior to joining...Read More
Fastmarkets looks at key factors that are likely to influence minor metals prices in 2019. China's slowdown dampens sentiment For minor metals production, China leads the way globally, contributing an estimated minimum of 70% of world output of indium, bismuth, gallium and germanium. Last week, the world's biggest producer and consumer of minor metals said its economic growth dropped to its slowes...Read More
Ferro-tungsten prices will continue to trade in wider ranges this year amid a bearish outlook, market participants told Fastmarkets. Material produced from scrap being shipped to the European market was the main reason for weak ferro-tungsten prices last year and the greater competition has caused traders to retreat from the spot market. Ferro-tungsten producers of standard material, which usually...Read More
Seaborne coking coal prices made their way back to the $200-per-tonne threshold just before the week-long Lunar New Year holiday begins in China, surprising some market participants."I thought seaborne prices would stay around $190 per tonne cfr China until after the Lunar New Year since most end users have sufficient coking coal stock; however, the market upended our expectations," a mill source...Read More
A summary of base metals premiums from across the globe for the week to Tuesday January 29. Please click on the thumbnail...Read More
Nickel's three-month price on the London Metal Exchange soared more than 2% at the close of trading on Tuesday January 29, with the metal's futures price now trading firmly above $12,000 per tonne against a backdrop of dwindling LME stocks.LME nickel's price action has followed an uptrend over January, and is trading over 13% higher after hitting its lowest level since December 2017 at $10,500 per...Read More