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While it is often obvious who the losers are in a market rout, the winners can sometimes be harder to recognize. Technology stocks were the clear big dollar losers on Tuesday, falling almost on queue after back-to-back warnings from INK in our market report Monday and Charlie McElligot on INK Ultra Money yesterday (premium). Some of the winners, as it turns out, are leveraged to the economy. Copp...Read More
Another 16 U.S. energy firms filed for protection from creditors last month, reflecting crude oil prices below levels that are profitable for many companies, according to a report by law firm Haynes and Boone on Tuesday.Read full newsRead More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday August 11 that are worth another look.China is turning to mergers, acquisitions and mine shutdowns to maintain its drive toward energy reform and the use of fewer fossil fuel resources.Zinc premiums in Singapore and Malaysia...Read More
The three-month price of lead on the London Metal Exchange was the standout performer at the close of trading on Tuesday August 11, climbing by 3% and breaking past nearby resistance, while a continued uptick in producer inflation from the US further supported buying momentum in the afternoon.Lead's outright price on the LME closed at $1,960.50 per tonne on Tuesday afternoon, recovering from an in...Read More
Zinc premiums in Singapore and Malaysia have dropped to their lowest annual level - and since Fastmarkets began assessing the market - while stocks begin to pile up in regional warehouses, trading sources said.Fastmarkets assessed the zinc SHG 99.995% ingot premium, fca Singapore at $85-95 per tonne on Tuesday August 11, down from $90-100 per tonne the week previously and $100-110 per tonne at the...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday August 11 that are worth another look.China is turning to mergers, acquisitions and mine shutdowns to maintain its drive toward energy reform and the use of fewer fossil fuel resources.Zinc premiums in Singapore and Malaysia...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday August 11 that are worth another look.China is turning to mergers, acquisitions and mine shutdowns to maintain its drive toward energy reform and the use of fewer fossil fuel resources.Zinc premiums in Singapore and Malaysia...Read More
The latest data for the global manganese ore market for the week ended August 7, 2020.Read More
Portside prices for both low- and high-grade manganese ore in China rose in the week to Friday August 7, snapping a run of six consecutive weekly declines, after traders raised their offer prices in response to strength in the seaborne market.Fastmarkets' manganese ore port index, base 37% Mn, range 35-39%, fot Tianjin, China was at 35 yuan ($5.02) per dry metric tonne unit (dmtu) on August 7 - eq...Read More
Ferrous scrap prices in the Mexican steelmaking regions of Monterrey and Baj?-o increased week on week because of continued improvement in demand.Many market participants reported average price increases of 200 pesos ($8.91) per tonne for most grades of scrap during the week ended Friday August 7, while other, less common price increases were reported in the range of 150-400 pesos ($6.68-17.82) pe...Read More
Domestic prices for ferrous scrap in Italy moved down slightly in the month to Tuesday August 11, with demand for the raw material reduced by scheduled maintenance outages during the month.Most Italian steel producers stopped production for summer maintenance work in August, but some have changed their schedules this year and planned shorter stoppages with demand recovering from the Covid-19-relat...Read More
Turkish steel producers have slowed down their deep-sea scrap purchasing, after the domestic long steel market was affected by the weakening of the country's lira, sources said on Tuesday August 11.Mills in Turkey booked a number of cargoes last week, with the most recent transactions for material from the US and Baltic Sea at $285 per tonne cfr for HMS 1&2 (80:20).But the mills then paused their...Read More
The dip in base metals prices at the end of last week was a one-day wonder for copper and aluminium after prices for both metals rebounded yesterday, while consolidation has set in again this morning, Tuesday August 11, and the other metals continue to consolidate too.Asian-Pacific equities and pre-market western equity index futures were upbeat this morning. But gold prices are down by 0.9% at $2...Read More
Key data from the pricing session in London on Tuesday August 11.Key driversMetal prices moved higher with prices in the $14s no longer available for either alloy-grade or standard-grade metal. Lower bids went untapped and sellers successfully raised their offer prices against a backdrop of high raw materials...Read More
China's output and sales of new energy vehicles (NEVs) rose for the first time on an annual comparison this year in July, but figures were down slightly against June. China produced 100,000 NEVs in July, including pure electric vehicles (PEVs) and plug-in hybrids. This was an increase of 15.6% from July 2019, but a fall of 2.4% from June this year, according to data released by the China Associati...Read More