Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia, Europe and the United States for the week ended Friday December 6. China Domestic 75-grade alloy prices dropped for the first time since late September in response to the bearish outlook for the forthcoming steel mill tender prices for deliveries of 72-grade alloy, in addition to falling downstream magnesium prices and persistent weak exports.Sentiment...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Europe, Asia and the United States for the week ending Friday December 6. China Seaborne 37% and 44% manganese ore prices rose after some suppliers offered only limited volumes of material for January delivery. Many Chinese alloy smelters sought to build positions in seaborne cargoes out of fear of missing out on ore prices at their comparatively l...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia, Europe and the United States for the week ending Friday December 6. China Spot Chinese ferro-chrome prices dropped after major stainless steel mills in China announced lower tender prices for December. Some producers continued to cut offers to encourage sales and generate cash flow ahead of year-end. The imported charge chrome price in...Read More
An overview of the minor metals markets and their latest price moves.Read More
Fastmarkets will maintain the frequency of publication of its European germanium metal and tellurium assessments and Chinese germanium dioxide assessment following a consultation.Fastmarkets will continue to publish these three price assessments on a twice-weekly basis on Wednesdays and Fridays. After receiving market feedback during a one-month consultation, Fastmarkets has decided to maintain th...Read More
Global scrap prices in most major markets moved upward during the week ended Friday December 6, due to good demand and a shortage of material in some locations. Prices jump in Turkey on newest tradesUS market activity picks up at higher pricesIndian price move up on material shortagePrices continue to move up in VietnamTaiwan maintains strong demand and solid pricesTurkeyTurkish steel mills booked...Read More
The price of austenitic alloy steel scrap fell this week after further losses in the nickel market, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday December 6. Fastmarkets' price assessment for stainless steel scrap 18/8 solids, domestic, delivered merchants UK, ?720-780 ($946-1,025) per tonne on Friday, down ?,?20-30 per tonne week on...Read More
The price of ferrous scrap imported into India moved up again this week ahead of a seasonal slowdown for the European holiday season, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday December 6.Fastmarkets' steel scrap, shredded, index, import, cfr Nhava Sheva was $286.46 per tonne on Friday, up from $282.56 per tonne one week previous.One deal was heard for shredded material into India at $291 per tonne this w...Read More
Asian equities and most of the base metals are in positive territory after United States President Donald Trump sounded more positive on a US-China trade deal when he said talks are "moving right along".With the news flow on trade ebbing and flowing, the day of reckoning is likely to be whether Trump follows through with his threat to put 15% tariffs on another $160 billion of Chinese imports from...Read More
Sir Brian Bender has seen three London Metal Exchange chief executive officers, the sale to Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing and a great number of other changes over more than nine years as the exchange's chairman, he told Fastmarkets in an interview, but the open outcry system will remain for as long as members support it. Bender was on holiday in Australia when a headhunter emailed to ask whether...Read More
Cobalt trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Cobalt trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets. Unless otherwise stated, all prices are per lb on an in-warehouse (in-whs) basis. Delivered prices are netted back. Fastmarkets prices Click here for Fastmarkets' price assessment for standard-grade cobalt, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lb.Click here for...Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their latest price moves.Read More
The pace of decline in the Chinese domestic battery grade lithium carbonate price has accelerated entering December with increasingly lower offer prices in the spot market from Chinese producers eager to destock in the week ended Thursday December 5. China's battery grade lithium carbonate price downtrend has accelerated due to lower spot offer prices and sporadic downstream buying. The techn...Read More
Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in Northern Europe edged up on Friday December 6, but transaction prices are expected to soon rise more significantly, sources told Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets' steel hot-rolled coil index domestic, exw Northern Europe, was ?,?432.6 ($478.11) per tonne on December 6, edging up from ?,?431.63 per tonne on Thursday.The calculation is based on "workable" pri...Read More
Indian importers have started booking hot-rolled coil after a break of three months, after the latest round of domestic price increases made HRC imports commercially viable.Fastmarkets' assessment for steel HRC, import, cfr main port India, was $480-485 per tonne on Friday December 6, compared with $450-455 per tonne last week. The latest assessment is based on South Korea-origin HRC import bookin...Read More
Turkish prices for hot-dipped galvanized coil (HDG), and color-coated coil or pre-painted galvanized iron (PPGI), increased in the week to Friday December 6, and most producers stopped accepting new orders because they are planning to raise prices further, sources told Fastmarkets.Steel prices have increased due to higher raw materials and hot-rolled coil prices, they added.Fastmarkets' daily inde...Read More
Brazil's domestic rebar price was unchanged in December while market participants braced for an upcoming hike in January amid higher demand.Fastmarkets assessed the price for steel reinforcing bar (rebar) domestic monthly, delivered Brazil at 2,220-2,320 Reais ($528-552) per tonne on Friday December 6, unchanged from the previous month but up by 1.7% from 2,165-2,300 Reais per...Read More
China's domestic rebar prices continued dropping on Friday December 6 as mills maintained high levels of production over the week. Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,870-3,900 yuan ($549-554) per tonne, down 70 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 3,630-3,670 yuan per tonne, down 40 yuan per tonneRebar output at major Chinese mills totaled 3.63 million tonnes over the week ended Thursday, up 70,0...Read More
Latest transaction: rebarRebar East China, domestic, grade...Read More
Global scrap prices in most major markets moved upward during the week ended Friday December 6, due to good demand and a shortage of material in some locations. Prices jump in Turkey on newest tradesUS market activity picks up at higher pricesIndian price move up on material shortagePrices continue to move up in VietnamTaiwan maintains strong demand and solid pricesTurkeyTurkish steel mills booked...Read More