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The three-month copper price on the London Metal Exchange was higher at the close of trading on Monday December 9, holding firmly above the $6,000 per tonne support level while turnover topped the base metals complex. The red metal's outright price closed at $6,075 per tonne this afternoon, its highest close since May while volumes traded topped 20,000 lots exchanged by the close. Copper...Read More

Rising secondary aluminium prices in Asia helped drive European secondary aluminium ingot prices up last week from its recent decade-long low. Tight aluminium scrap supply in China due to shrinking scrap import quotas in the country have led to more expensive production costs for secondary aluminium ingots in the region. That has prompted market participants in Asia to seek potentially cheaper met...Read More

The three-month copper price on the London Metal Exchange was higher during morning trading on Monday December 9, with prices holding above nearby support levels against high turnover, while nickel futures fell by 2%.Copper's outright price on the LME was recently seen at $6,009 per tonne, while volumes traded were high over the morning at more than 7,500 lots as of 9:05am London time. The red met...Read More

Larry LaBordePosted Dec 9, 2019When considering the space requirements of $1,000,000, the first question is in what form?I will try to illustrate the volume and weight of $1 million dollars in three forms: $100 bills, gold eagle coins and silver eagle coins.I have had some customers surprised by the volume of metals they have ordered when it arrives.Some have been overwhelmed (usually with silver)...Read More

Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia and Europe in the week to Friday December 6.ChinaKey drivers The export price for Chinese silicon 5-5-3 was unchanged from the previous week in a quiet market. This is because the price range of $1,480-$1,530 per tonne had no export advantage compared with silicon prices in Europe.The quantity of silicon available for export is restricted by China's domes...Read More

Turkish steel producers continued their deep-sea scrap purchases at the beginning of the week at strengthening prices, sources said on Monday December 9.A steel producer in the Izmir region booked a Baltic Sea cargo, comprising 20,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $289.25 per tonne and 5,000 tonnes of bonus at $299.25 per tonne cfr.This compares with the previous Baltic Sea...Read More

Turkish domestic scrap prices have gone up once again this week on the back of rising imported scrap values, sources told Fastmarkets on Monday December 9.Steel producers and a major scrapyard all increased their buying prices for auto bundle scrap by 45-120 Turkish lira ($8-21) per tonne over the past week because of costlier imports.Fastmarkets' daily index for steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80...Read More

Turkish steel producers stayed out of the deep-sea scrap market on Friday December 6 after booking several cargoes earlier in the week to push prices up by more than $10 per tonne since Monday, sources told Fastmarkets.No new cargoes have been booked or come to light during the last two days of the working week. On Monday, it emerged that a steel mill in the Marmara region had booked a U...Read More

A strong United States employment report at the end of last week gave most markets something to be cheerful about and that has flowed through into Asian trading on Monday December 9.Trading is likely to remain nervous this week while the manufacturing sector prepares for the holiday season and businesses focus on whether US President Donald Trump follows through with his threat to put 15% tariffs...Read More

China's hot-rolled coil prices regained some strength on Monday December 9 amid some supply tightness and an overall pick-up in trading activity in the ferrous market after the Dalian Commodity Exchange launched its iron ore options.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,810-3,820 yuan ($541-543) per tonne, up 50 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tangshan): 3,670 yuan per tonne, up 40 yuan per tonneTradi...Read More

Suppliers raised their offers for hot-rolled coil into Vietnam over the past week but ran into thin demand from buyers.Fastmarkets' assessment for steel HRC import, cfr Vietnam, which mainly looks at Chinese 2-3mm re-rolling-grade SAE1006 HRC and equivalent products sold into Vietnam, was $465-470 per tonne cfr Vietnam for the week ending Monday December 9, up $3-8 per tonne from $457-467 per tonn...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Monday December 9 that are worth another look.Brazilian steel demand is set to grow in 2020 and support higher domestic prices, Companhia Sider??rgica Nacional (CSN) said in a presentation filed with securities commission CVM.Rising secondary aluminium prices in Asia helped drive European secondary aluminium ingot prices up last week fr...Read More

Brazilian steel demand is set to grow in 2020 and support higher domestic prices, Companhia Sider??rgica Nacional (CSN) said in a presentation filed with securities commission CVM.The company expected flat-rolled steel apparent consumption to total 12.92 million tonnes next year, rising by 4.7% in comparison with an estimated 12.34 million tonnes for 2019.Most of that growth would come from a 10%...Read More

Import prices for rebar in Singapore climbed over the past week because of slight pick-up in buying interest, reflecting continued increases in the costs of steelmaking raw materials.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar) import, cfr Singapore, which mainly looks at cargoes sold into Singapore on a theoretical-weight basis, was at $435-440 per tonne in the week to M...Read More

Turkish steel producers continued their deep-sea scrap purchases at the beginning of the week at strengthening prices, sources said on Monday December 9.A steel producer in the Izmir region booked a Baltic Sea cargo, comprising 20,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $289.25 per tonne and 5,000 tonnes of bonus at $299.25 per tonne cfr.This compares with the previous Baltic Sea...Read More

Turkish domestic scrap prices have gone up once again this week on the back of rising imported scrap values, sources told Fastmarkets on Monday December 9.Steel producers and a major scrapyard all increased their buying prices for auto bundle scrap by 45-120 Turkish lira ($8-21) per tonne over the past week because of costlier imports.Fastmarkets' daily index for steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80...Read More

Turkish steel producers stayed out of the deep-sea scrap market on Friday December 6 after booking several cargoes earlier in the week to push prices up by more than $10 per tonne since Monday, sources told Fastmarkets.No new cargoes have been booked or come to light during the last two days of the working week. On Monday, it emerged that a steel mill in the Marmara region had booked a U...Read More