Trade log for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China including trades, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets. Unless otherwise stated, all prices are per tonne on an ex-works China basis. Delivered prices are netted back. Fastmarkets prices Click here for Fastmarkets price assessment for lithium carbonate min 99.5% Li2CO3 battery grade, spot price range, ex-works China, yuan per tonne. Fa...Read More
OJSC Electrozinc, the second-largest industrial metallurgy enterprise in Russia, plans to resume zinc production at its plant in North Ossetia after operations were suspended following a fire on October 21 that killed one person and injured three more."We are considering the possibility of restoring the electrolysis shop. According to preliminary estimates, this may take 6-8 months," a spokesman f...Read More
Fastmarkets summarizes nine key points from Antaike's Nickel & Cobalt Conference on November 6-8.The spotlight was in Xiamen last week when market participants gathered to discuss hot topics in the cobalt and nickel markets, including higher cobalt prices and their impact on the market in addition to new trends for the cobalt industry.High prices do not hurt the overall use of cobalt in consumer e...Read More
The black tungsten concentrate price in China moved down on low buying interest from downstream consumers, while the ammonium paratungstate (APT) market was quiet with little spot business concluded and the market awaiting further direction. Concentrates price edges down amid softening market APT prices in both China and Europe remained stable Ferro-tungsten price flat in Europe on goo...Read More
Fastmarkets summarizes nine key points from Antaike's Nickel & Cobalt Conference on November 6-8.The spotlight was in Xiamen last week when market participants gathered to discuss hot topics in the cobalt and nickel markets, including higher cobalt prices and their impact on the market in addition to new trends for the cobalt industry.High prices do not hurt the overall use of cobalt in consumer e...Read More
Global antimony markets continued to trade at a lower price in both China and Europe amid sustained weak demand, with buyers cautious of placing orders on the anticipation of further price declines.In China, Fastmarkets' price assessment for MMTA standard grade-II antimony, delivered, duty-paid, was at 50,000-50,500 yuan ($7,186-7,257) per tonne on Wednesday November 7, down 1% from 50,500-51,000...Read More
The Turkish steel producers have continued to hold back from new bookings in the deep-sea markets for scrap material, while prices were largely stable, sources said on Monday November 12.After booking two cargoes from the United States late last week, Turkish mills paused their purchases and went into wait-and-see mode. The latest transaction from the US included an 80:20 mix of No1 and No2 heavy...Read More
Turkish domestic auto bundle scrap prices have increased slightly over the past week, while ship scrap prices were stable, sources said on Monday November 12.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for domestic auto bundle (DKP grade) ferrous scrap was TRY1,800-1,940 ($329-354) per tonne delivered, narrowing upward from last week's TRY1,750-1,940 per tonne.The reason...Read More
The Comex copper price continued its downward trend on Monday morning in the United States amid a stronger dollar and a lack of fresh news.The copper price for December settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange dipped 0.45 cents to $2.68 per lb."We continue to expect a notable rebound in...Read More
London-listed NQ Minerals has shipped its first lead, gold and silver concentrates from its Hellyer operation to Traxys Europe under an offtake agreement signed in August.The company said that the shipment from its polymetallic operation in Tasmania, Australia, is also its first ever from the site.Traxys' payment has been received, inaugurating the first operational cash flow generated by the Hell...Read More
Fastmarkets summarizes nine key points from Antaike's Nickel & Cobalt Conference on November 6-8.The spotlight was in Xiamen last week when market participants gathered to discuss hot topics in the cobalt and nickel markets, including higher cobalt prices and their impact on the market in addition to new trends for the cobalt industry.High prices do not hurt the overall use of cobalt in consumer e...Read More
Australian lithium-spodumene producer Altura secured a binding offtake agreement with Chinese lithium producer Ganfeng International, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ganfeng Lithium, on Friday November 9.Altura will supply 70,000 tonnes per year of lithium spodumene, min 6%, from 2019 until the end of 2021. The price of the material will range from a minimum of $550 per tonne to a maximum of $950 per...Read More
Trade log for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China including trades, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets. Unless otherwise stated, all prices are per tonne on an ex-works China basis. Delivered prices are netted back. Fastmarkets prices Click here for Fastmarkets price assessment for lithium carbonate min 99.5% Li2CO3 battery grade, spot price range, ex-works China, yuan per tonne. Fa...Read More
Fastmarkets launched its daily US Midwest Hot-Rolled Coil Index on Monday November 12.Fastmarkets believes that increasing the frequency of its hot-rolled coil index to daily from weekly is a useful and necessary addition to the company's suite of steel and ferrous scrap prices in response to unprecedented steel market volatility. The price proposal notice was updated on&n...Read More
China's auto output in October was 10.1% lower than a year ago, leading to annual contractions in output and sales over the first 10 months and causing price drops in upstream steel goods such as cold-rolled coil (CRC).The country's CRC prices in eastern China have been posting weekly drops since August 24. On Friday November 9, CRC prices in this region were between 4,520 and 4,570 yuan ($650-657...Read More
China's hot-rolled coil prices plunged on Monday November 12 after sellers made big cuts to secure bookings.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,800-3,830 yuan ($546-550) per tonne, down 100 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 3,820-3,840 yuan per tonne, down 90-100 yuan per tonnePrices plunged by nearly as much as last week's combined losses during the day.Trading remained at moderate levels e...Read More
Prices for special bar quality (SBQ) steel products in the United States have risen again, moving up by $0.50 per hundredweight ($10 per short ton) due to increasing raw material costs while market participants eye an early 2019 mill hike. Fastmarket AMM assessed the price for 1-inch round 1000 series (carbon) hot-rolled bar at $46.50 per cwt ($930 per ton) on Friday November 9, up 16.3% from $40...Read More
The rate at which the European Commission's import safeguard quotas for wire rod and rebar are filling up is still accelerating, and may give domestic long steel producers an opportunity to raise their prices in the next few weeks despite lukewarm demand.The European quotas were introduced in mid-July in response to the imposition by the United States of wide-ranging import tariffs on industrial g...Read More
The latest metal markets news and price moves to start the North American day on Monday November 12.Base metals on the London Metal Exchange were mixed during morning trading with nickel, zinc and lead prices pressured by a fresh 2018 high in the US dollar index, while copper and tin futures found support. Here's how base metals prices looked at 11:48am London time:For a snapshot of...Read More
The Turkish steel producers have continued to hold back from new bookings in the deep-sea markets for scrap material, while prices were largely stable, sources said on Monday November 12.After booking two cargoes from the United States late last week, Turkish mills paused their purchases and went into wait-and-see mode. The latest transaction from the US included an 80:20 mix of No1 and No2 heavy...Read More