Export prices for hot-rolled coil, cold-rolled coil and plate from the Commonwealth of Independent States continued to decline amid weak demand in the week to Monday October 7. Demand has been weak for several weeks, following falls in domestic steel prices in CIS export markets, causing CIS flat prices to fall in consecutive pricing sessions in the region. Buyers have been reluctant to place orde...Read More
Import prices for steel slab in Southeast Asia and East Asia were stable over the past week due to sluggish trading activity amid a week-long holiday in China to mark the country's 70th anniversary.Market participants are waiting to see how Chinese steel prices will change when its markets re-open on October 8, a trader in Taiwan said. Prices in Asia's downstream hot-rolled coil market fell amid C...Read More
An ample supply of Indian and Russian hot-rolled coil in Asia maintained pressure on prices in the region over the past week.Fastmarkets' weekly 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 $440-445 per tonne cfr for the week ending Monday October 7, down $5 per tonne from a week earlie...Read More
Import prices for rebar into Singapore were unchanged over the past week due to limited spot activity during the National Day holiday in China.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 $430-435 per tonne for the week to Monday October...Read More
United States-based financial services organization INTL FCStone has acquired the futures and options brokerage operations and the clearing business unit from UOB Bullion and Futures.This will give INTL FCStone access to trade a host of derivatives on the Singapore Exchange (SGX), the company said on Monday October 7.The acquisition from UOB Bullion and Futures, a subsidiary of Singapore-based Uni...Read More
Turkish steel mills were silent on the first working day of the week with no deep-sea purchases taking place and prices remaining stable, sources said on Monday October 7. Two cargoes were booked at the end of last week. One Turkish steel mill in the Marmara region booked a UK cargo at $223.50 per tonne cfr for HMS 1&2 (80:20) and another steel mill in the Izmir region booked a US cargo at $228.50...Read More
Workable prices for pig iron buyers in the United States have declined after first scrap deals were concluded at lower prices, but no reduced offers have been heard, market sources told Fastmarkets on Friday October 4. Fastmarkets' price assessment for pig iron, import, cfr Gulf of Mexico, US, was $290-300 per tonne on October 4, down from $300-315 per tonne the previous week. "I would b...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices were steady on Monday October 7, though Australian miner BHP reported damage to a car dumper at its operations in Port Hedland, Australia.Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $93.38 per tonne, unchanged. 62% Fe Pilbara Blend fines, cfr Qingdao: $92.91 per tonne, unchanged. 62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $91.72 per tonne, unchanged. ...Read More
A major Japanese steelmaker has agreed with Australian suppliers on contract prices for shipments of pulverized coal injections (PCI) materials and semi-soft coking coal in the fourth quarter of 2019, sources told Fastmarkets on Monday October 7.Premium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $146.08 per tonne, unchangedPremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $159.70 per tonne, unchanged Hard coking coal, fob...Read More
A major South Korean steelmaker is likely to cut its ferrous scrap purchases in October as well as for the rest of the year."This is due to the high inventory levels it is holding, as well as due to it waiting for the delivery of contracted cargoes it had purchased. Steel production rates in South Korea are also likely to dip," a Japanese trader told Fastmarkets last Friday October 4.The cut is ex...Read More
Ferroglobe Plc plans to reduce silicon metal and alloy production by extending or bringing forward several planned outages during the fourth quarter, the company announced on Friday October 4. The leading global silicon metal producer, which faces falling silicon prices, did not specify the tonnages involved in the latest cuts, which include: In France, three silicon furnaces will be idled on...Read More
Key data from the pricing session in London on Friday October 4. Key drivers European grade 5-5-3 silicon price fell after one truckload of material was purchased at around ?,?1,480 ($1,626) per tonne, bringing the low end of the range down to that level. Grade 4-4-1 silicon...Read More
Key data from the October 4 pricing session in London. Key drivers: Cobalt prices make small gains; activity slows but sellers hold out for, or slightly increase, previous offer levels. Market consolidating gains made over August and September in the aftermath of Glencore announcing it will close its Mutanda mine at the end of the year....Read More
Chinese cobalt producer GEM Co Ltd has signed a cobalt supply contract with Switzerland-based miner-trader Glencore, locking in cobalt hydroxide supply for the next five years, the companies announced on October 7. Glencore will supply GEM, including four of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, with at least 61,200 tonnes of cobalt hydroxide between 2020 and 2024. According to the agreement, GEM will pu...Read More
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Stefan GleasonDespite the gravity of an impeachment inquiry that threatens to bring down the presidency of Donald J. Trump, markets have largely shrugged it off.The reason? Odds of a two-thirds majority in the Republican-controlled Senate voting to remove Trump from office are slim.What has Wall Street more concerned are the rising odds of Elizabeth Warren becoming the Democrat nominee for presi...Read More
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