Turkish domestic scrap prices have remained fairly stable over the past week, with most market participants believing that prices have reached a peak, sources said on Monday June 22.The steel mills adjusted their buy prices for domestic scrap in line with their stock levels and finished long steel sales over the past week.Three steel producers increased their buy prices for auto bundle scrap by 20...Read More

Seaborne iron ore prices fell on Monday June 22 after an increase in cargo arrivals at Chinese ports last week, sources told Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $101.75 per tonne, down $0.67 per tonne. 62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $104.19 per tonne, down $1.20 per tonne. 58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $90.77 per tonne, down $...Read More

Trading activity had slowed down by the end of last week in the CIS export market for steel slab, with mills closing their sales for August shipment and now evaluating the situation, Fastmarkets heard on Monday June 22.A sale of Ukraine-origin slab was heard to Turkey in mid-June at $385 per tonne cfr, equivalent to $370-375 per tonne fob Black Sea.And a Russian supplier sold a large cargo of slab...Read More

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The Federal Reserve has a history of inflating financial bubbles, and the central bank is currently in the process of inflating its biggest bubbles yet. Is it an accident? Is it all just misguided economic policy? Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics joined me on the show for his weekly silver and gold market update, where he explained what's happening with the Fed and the economy, and ho...Read More

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The recent decline in European ferro-silicon spot prices, which had been weakening in line with demand due to a slump in steel production over the course of several weeks, has paused; but the stabilization might be brief due to the approaching seasonal slowdown in July and August and an increase in lower-priced export offers into the EU.Thus, the bias in the market on prices is pointing down for t...Read More

The dramatic consequences of the Covid-19-related lockdowns across Europe, and the corresponding shutdowns of industrial activities, have resulted in an enormous disruption to the supply chains across all sectors of the steel industry.While the largest of these sectors, the construction industry, has by no means escaped the effects of the pandemic, sources believed that it could see a return of de...Read More

Liberty Steel Group UK, part of the GFG Alliance, hopes to double production at its Rotherham site to more than 1 million tonnes per year after altering its product mix to produce rebar while reducing its carbon emissions, the company said on Monday June 22.It has upgraded its Thrybergh Bar Mill in Rotherdam to produce rebar from September onward. This follows a series of successful trials of its...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday June 19 that are worth another look.Pig iron production at Tata Steel IJmuiden in the Netherlands was stopped on June 19, while the plant's workers went on a 24-hour strike, sources told Fastmarkets.The London Metal Exchange has fined warehouse operator Istim ?30,000 ($37,120) for breaching clauses of its warehouse agreement, the e...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday June 22 that are worth another look.The dramatic consequences of the Covid-19-related lockdowns across Europe, and the corresponding shutdowns of industrial activities, have resulted in an enormous disruption to the supply chains across all sectors of the steel industry.Chilean state-run copper producer Codelco has decided to halt a...Read More

The recent decline in European ferro-silicon spot prices, which had been weakening in line with demand due to a slump in steel production over the course of several weeks, has paused; but the stabilization might be brief due to the approaching seasonal slowdown in July and August and an increase in lower-priced export offers into the EU.Thus, the bias in the market on prices is pointing down for t...Read More

Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil fell further in Northern Europe in the week to Friday June 19 due to low market demand.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, was ?,?390.00 ($435.86) per tonne on Friday, down by ?,?6.25 per tonne week on week and down by ?,?19.84 per tonne month on month.The region's integrated mills have been offering HRC at ?,?400-410 p...Read More

The three-month price of copper on the London Metal Exchange was higher at the close of trading on Monday June 22, topping the complex with a 1.8% uptick despite thin trading volumes, while zinc's forward curve loosened over the afternoon.Copper's outright price on the LME closed at $5,880.50 per tonne on Monday afternoon, climbing from an intraday low of $5,807 per tonne, but failed to breach nea...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday June 22 that are worth another look.The dramatic consequences of the Covid-19-related lockdowns across Europe, and the corresponding shutdowns of industrial activities, have resulted in an enormous disruption to the supply chains across all sectors of the steel industry.Chilean state-run copper producer Codelco has decided to halt a...Read More

The recent decline in European ferro-silicon spot prices, which had been weakening in line with demand due to a slump in steel production over the course of several weeks, has paused; but the stabilization might be brief due to the approaching seasonal slowdown in July and August and an increase in lower-priced export offers into the EU.Thus, the bias in the market on prices is pointing down for t...Read More

The three-month price of copper on the London Metal Exchange was higher at the close of trading on Monday June 22, topping the complex with a 1.8% uptick despite thin trading volumes, while zinc's forward curve loosened over the afternoon.Copper's outright price on the LME closed at $5,880.50 per tonne on Monday afternoon, climbing from an intraday low of $5,807 per tonne, but failed to breach nea...Read More