Ferrous scrap trader Hoffman Iron & Steel is looking to Southeast Asia as a key area of growth for its business in the coming years, chief executive officer Philip Hoffman said in an interview with Fastmarkets MB.Increasing focus on Southeast Asia"There's a lot going on in Southeast Asia, such as expanding electric-arc furnace (EAF) and Induction Furnace (IF) capacities in Vietnam and other IF cap...Read More
Renewed selling interest on Friday May 17 has capped the upside from the slight rebound mid-last week and the metal markets generally look shaky in the early morning of Monday May 20. Our assessment of global risk sentiment remains fairly weak and highly dominated by negative macro events. The simmering US-China trade altercation continues to undermine appetite for risk assets. US President D...Read More
Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were mixed during morning trading on Monday May 20, with nickel leading the falls and only copper and lead showing positive performances.Nickel was one of the big underperformers, with the most-traded July contract declining to 97,540 yuan ($14,156) per tonne as at 9.59am Shanghai time, down by 340 yuan per tonne, or 0.3%, from Friday's close of...Read More
Demand for stainless steel in China's domestic market was steady over the past week, but trade tensions between the country and the United States are starting to show signs of weighing on prices.The Fastmarkets MB domestic price assessment for benchmark 304 stainless cold-rolled coil in the major market of Wuxi was 14,000-14,100 yuan ($2,036-2,094) per tonne including value-added tax for the week...Read More
Volker Pawlitzki has left Canadian minor metals and specialty chemicals producer 5N Plus, sources from the company have confirmed to Fastmarkets Pawlitzki joined 5N Plus in September 2017 as vice president for...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Friday May 17. China The Chinese domestic antimony price tumbled for the second consecutive week after some domestic producers cut their offer prices further in an attempt to generate cash to pay bank loans. Yet some domestic antimony suppliers were resistant in surrendering much on the prices further, and some we...Read More
Key data from the Friday May 17 pricing session in London. Key drivers - Cobalt prices show slight weakness over the course of the week while consumers and traders refrain from buying. Sellers lower their offers while consumers have their immediate requirements covered, so most market participants expect a moderate decline in prices over the summer. -...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Friday May 17. China The Chinese silicon export price moved down due to a weaker yuan, which offset price support from tight upstream material supply in northern China. According to exchange rate website Oanda.com, $1 was worth 6.91 yuan on Friday May 17 compared with 6.82 yuan a week earlier. Weak demand ab...Read More
Ferro-vanadium prices continued to fall globally last week amid weakening demand, with vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) prices in Europe and China following the move downward. Chinese ferro-vanadium export price drops more than 18% amid weakening domestic market. European ferro-vanadium, V2O5 prices fall again on weak demand; hit lowest level since October 2017. US market edges down under pres...Read More
European secondary aluminium prices fell to their lowest levels in 10 years on Friday May 17, attributed to softening in the European automotive sector which has continued to exert downward pressure on the market. Outright prices for European aluminium scrap grades and 226 ingot typically track the automotive sector since they are primarily consumed for automotive production. Aluminium scrap grade...Read More
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The major gold miners' stocks are drifting sideways with gold, their early-year momentum sapped by the recent stock-market euphoria. But they are more important than ever for prudently diversifying portfolios, a rare sector that surges when stock markets weaken. Their just-reported Q1'19 results reveal how gold miners are faring as a sector, and their current fundamentals are way better than beari...Read More
While quarterly conference calls can be company-specific, there’s huge value in paying attention to the information that management teams reveal, even if you’re not invested in their stocks.Earlier this month, Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd (TSX:KL)(NYSE:KL) revealed its first- quarter results for 2019. Executives jumped on a call with analysts to discuss what happened and why.If you’re...Read More
The major gold miners' stocks are drifting sideways with gold, their early-year momentum sapped by the recent stock-market euphoria. But they are more important than ever for prudently diversifying portfolios, a rare sector that surges when stock markets weaken. Their just-reported Q1'19 results reveal how gold miners are faring as a sector, and their current fundamentals are way better than beari...Read More
Reuters report in which the news service discovered that almost all of the solar cell production at Tesla's solar factory in Buffalo, New York is being sold overseas, primarily to a large Asian buyer. Tesla's Solar City business was given $750 million in State subsidies to build the plant in NY in exchange for employing at least 1,460 people and spending $500 million per yer in the State over...Read More