The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts is ready to view.August 2020 has seen the prices of most steel products move up in tandem around the world, in contrast to recent months when steel prices have moved in different directions depending on the market.This dynamic has been seen in most coated steel markets as well, with the prices for hot-dipped galvanized coil (HDG), pre-painted...Read More
CME Group's Midwest No1 busheling ferrous scrap futures traded a total of 186 lots (3,720 gross tons) on Monday August 24, according to the exchange's daily report.The front month September contract remained the most active with 62 lots sold; 209 lots traded on that contract on Friday August 21. After opening at $289 per ton, up by $3 from the Friday close, the price slid by $6 day on day to settl...Read More
Turkish steel producers resumed deep-sea scrap purchasing on Tuesday August 25 after more than two weeks out of the market, sources told Fastmarkets.A steel mill in the Marmara region booked a Baltic Sea cargo, comprising 38,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $283 per tonne, 1,500 tonnes of bonus scrap at $293 per tonne and 1,500 tonnes of busheling at $298 per tonne cfr.The same mill booked a...Read More
Brazilian miner Vale has inaugurated an iron ore grinding hub at a terminal owned by the China-based Ningbo-Zhoushan Port Group (NZP), with three production lines and capacity for as much as 3 million tonnes per year, the company said on Tuesday August 25.The first product to be designed at the grinding hub will be GF88, high-grade fines made from iron ore produced in Caraj??s (IOCJ), the top-tier...Read More
Prices for iron ore fines went down on Tuesday August 25, with market sources saying that the restrictions on sintering in the Tangshan area of northern China have affected demand expectations.Fastmarkets iron ore indices62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $122.99 per tonne, down by $2.24 per tonne.62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $121.20 per tonne, down by $3.58 per tonne.58% Fe fines high-grade pre...Read More
Seaborne coking coal prices across the board remained flat on Tuesday August 25, while India was actively purchasing seaborne premium mid-volatility hard coking coal and Chinese market participants were looking forward to October, sources said.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $104.41 per tonne, up $0.32 per tonne Premium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $114.64 per tonne, up $...Read More
Export offers for Chinese hot-rolled coil have risen by $5 per tonne on Tuesday August 25 compared with a week earlier on a stable domestic market, though thin trading has raised doubts among sources about whether the increases would stick.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 4,040-4,060 yuan ($584-587) yuan per tonne, unchangedDomestic prices were stable during the day but trading activity further w...Read More
China's domestic rebar prices stopped rising on Tuesday August 25 amid lower trading activity due to weaker futures.Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,640-3,670 yuan ($526-530) per tonne, unchangedBuyers cut their procurement rates amid losses in the futures market, which kept sellers from raising prices further.Several traders reported that their sales volumes had dropped by 40-50% from Monday'...Read More
The Cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lb trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparency into the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies. Fastmarkets assessed Cobalt standard grade, in-whs...Read More
The Cobalt alloy grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lbtrade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparency into the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies. Fastmarkets assessed...Read More
Workday (WDAY), a NASDAQ 100 stock moved above $200.00 and $202.00 extending an intermediate uptrend. Microsoft (MSFT), a Dow Jones Industrial Average stock moved above $217.12 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend.U.S. Crude Oil ETN (USO) moved above $31.02 extending an intermediate uptrend. Pre-opening Comments for Wednesday August 26thU.S. equity index futures were higher t...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday August 24 that are worth another look.The steel recycling division of Tata Steel has announced it is launching a mobile app for sourcing steel scrap in India, the company said on August 19.London-based metals trading firm...Read More
The three-month price of nickel on the London Metal Exchange was higher at the close of trading on Monday August 24, outperforming its peers and closing a little more than 1% higher, while the entire base-metals complex was given a boost by a rally in global equity markets.Nickel's outright price closed at $14,926 per tonne on Monday afternoon, its highest closing price since November 2019, and co...Read More
Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were up during morning trading on Monday August 24, with market optimism over a Covid-19 vaccine rising after US regulators approved the use of convalescent blood plasma as a treatment option, while continued weakness in the US dollar index also provided support. Total coronavirus deaths in the United States have now surpassed 175,000 acc...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday August 24 that are worth another look.The steel recycling division of Tata Steel has announced it is launching a mobile app for sourcing steel scrap in India, the company said on August 19.London-based metals trading firm...Read More
London-based mining private-equity company Appian Capital Advisory has appointed Nelson Silva, a former director at Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras, to be its senior safety and social performance adviser, it said on Monday August 24.Silva will take the role of assisting with environmental, health, safety and community issues on Appian's mining portfolio, the company added.Appian operat...Read More
Bolivia-based zinc-lead producer Minera San Crist??bal halted production indefinitely on Monday August 24 to ensure its workers' health and safety, because the local Covid-19 infection rate has climbed, the company said.Employees and contractors have been removed from the site since August 19 and would be kept away until August 26, the miner said in a statement published on its official website on...Read More
Molybdenum oxide prices lost their upward momentum following the return to normal operations by one of the world's top molybdenum producers, Jinduicheng Molybdenum Co (JDC Moly), on Thursday August 20.Molybdenum oxide prices had risen in all regions in Fastmarkets assessments after flooding in China's Shaanxi province on August 5 that disabled about 60% of JDC Moly's concentrate output.Having gain...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday August 24 that are worth another look.The steel recycling division of Tata Steel has announced it is launching a mobile app for sourcing steel scrap in India, the company said on August 19.London-based metals trading firm...Read More
Cobalt producers Huayou and Glencore are founding members of a new body aiming to develop artisanal and small-scale miners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The objectives of the Fair Cobalt Alliance (FCA) include supporting the professionalization of site management and instilling best practice across the artisanal mining sector to develop health and safety, and minimize the environm...Read More