The three-month copper price was the standout underperformer during morning trading on Thursday September 10, after a complex-wide sell-off emerged during the Asian trading session, while LME nickel futures continued to correct firmly below the $15,000-per-tonne threshold. Copper's outright price on the LME was recently seen at $6,637 per tonne, down by more than 1.7% from Wednesday's closing pric...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday September 10 that are worth another look.Russia's Severstal is running a modernization program at its Cherepovets steelmaking facility, which - though it may lead to short-term production cuts - will help it raise its annual steel output by 1 million tonnes by...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday September 10 that are worth another look.Russia's Severstal is running a modernization program at its Cherepovets steelmaking facility, which - though it may lead to short-term production cuts - will help it raise its annual steel output by 1 million tonnes by...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Europe, Asia and the United States for the week ended Wednesday September 9.Key drivers Manganese flake price continued to gain strength, with constant increases since August 21 following higher offers from China. These offers from producers were supported by strong domestic demand and by the rise in value of the yuan against the dollar, which meant that buyer...Read More
Hebei Steel, China's second-largest steel mill, has finalized its purchase price for September-delivery silico-manganese at 6,330 yuan ($925) per tonne, market participants told Fastmarkets on Thursday September 10.The latest price is 130 yuan per tonne higher than the purchase price of 6,200 yuan per tonne for August-delivery cargoes.The price from Hebei Steel, which is for cargoes delivered to w...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Europe, Asia and the United States for the week ended Wednesday September 9.Key drivers Manganese flake price continued to gain strength, with constant increases since August 21 following higher offers from China. These offers from producers were supported by strong domestic demand and by the rise in value of the yuan against the dollar, which meant that buyer...Read More
The Turkish steel mills took a break from deep-sea scrap purchases after booking a number of cargoes at stronger prices earlier in the week, sources said on Thursday September 10.The steel producers in the country have booked six deep-sea cargoes so far this week, totalling around 200,000 tonnes. This activity was supported by improving demand for billet and long steel products in the...Read More
Brazilian ferrous scrap exports fell both year on year and month on month in August while suppliers shifted their focus to the domestic market, data published this week by the country's ministry of the economy shows.Scrap exports reached 55,377 tonnes in August, a 19.7% year-on-year decrease from 69,000 tonnes in 2019 and a 27.6% drop in comparison with 79,460 tonnes in July of this year.The count...Read More
A rebound in the United States' Nasdaq Composite Index on Wednesday September 9 may have underpinned broader markets, but the base metals were less convinced with most ending the day in negative territory.Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange and Shanghai Futures Exchange were broadly lower again this morning.Asian-Pacific equities and pre-market major western equity index futures, exclu...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday September 10 that are worth another look.Russia's Severstal is running a modernization program at its Cherepovets steelmaking facility, which - though it may lead to short-term production cuts - will help it raise its annual steel output by 1 million tonnes by...Read More
Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil remained fairly stable day on day in Northern Europe on Thursday September 10, following a substantial increase a day earlier, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, was calculated at ?,?476.15 ($561.29) per tonne on Thursday, down by just ?,?0.10 per tonne from ?,?476.25 per tonne on Wednesda...Read More
Russia's Severstal is running a modernization program at its Cherepovets steelmaking facility, which - though it may lead to short-term production cuts - will help it raise its annual steel output by 1 million tonnes by 2023.Several sources have reported that the major mill had scheduled a two-week maintenance for its 2-million-tonnes-per-year hot-rolling mill in October. They estimated that this...Read More
Brazilian imports of flat and long steel decreased year on year in August amid increased prices in China, according to figures released by the country's economy ministry early this week.Imports of flat steel products dropped by 30.3% year on year in August, to 66,302 tonnes from 95,116 tonnes a year before. In comparison, Brazilian imports of flat steel products...Read More
Prices for domestic steel reinforcing bar in the United States rose for the first time since January, after buyers mostly accepted mills' price increases. Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), fob mill US climbed to $29.25 per hundredweight ($585 per short ton) on Wednesday September 9, up by 4.5% from $28 per cwt previously, where the price had remained since mid...Read More
Imported steel billet prices increased again in Egypt this week because of higher offer prices, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday September 10.No bookings were heard during the week, however, because of ebbing end user demand amid weak domestic construction activity, Egyptian sources said.Construction in Egypt has been slow since a construction ban was imposed in the country on May 25, which is...Read More
The Turkish steel mills took a break from deep-sea scrap purchases after booking a number of cargoes at stronger prices earlier in the week, sources said on Thursday September 10.The steel producers in the country have booked six deep-sea cargoes so far this week, totalling around 200,000 tonnes. This activity was supported by improving demand for billet and long steel products in the...Read More
Iron ore prices in the seaborne market fell further on Thursday September 10, with market sources saying that although the fundamentals of iron ore remained stable, the high levels of steel inventories dragged prices downward.Fastmarkets iron ore indices62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $126.09 per tonne, down by $0.45 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $126.15 per tonne, down by $0.68 per t...Read More
Brazilian ferrous scrap exports fell both year on year and month on month in August while suppliers shifted their focus to the domestic market, data published this week by the country's ministry of the economy shows.Scrap exports reached 55,377 tonnes in August, a 19.7% year-on-year decrease from 69,000 tonnes in 2019 and a 27.6% drop in comparison with 79,460 tonnes in July of this year.The count...Read More
Russia's Severstal is running a modernization program at its Cherepovets steelmaking facility, which - though it may lead to short-term production cuts - will help it raise its annual steel output by 1 million tonnes by 2023.Several sources have reported that the major mill had scheduled a two-week maintenance for its 2-million-tonnes-per-year hot-rolling mill in October. They estimated that this...Read More
Brazilian ferrous scrap exports fell both year on year and month on month in August while suppliers shifted their focus to the domestic market, data published this week by the country's ministry of the economy shows.Scrap exports reached 55,377 tonnes in August, a 19.7% year-on-year decrease from 69,000 tonnes in 2019 and a 27.6% drop in comparison with 79,460 tonnes in July of this year.The count...Read More