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 Turkish steel producers have entered a third consecutive week with no deep-sea scrap bookings due to the still-weak finished markets for long steel products, sources said on Monday August 24.After booking some US and Baltic Sea cargoes at $285 per tonne cfr for HMS 1&2 (80:20) on August 7, the steel mills in Turkey went quiet in the deep-sea scrap import markets.In the past two weeks, the Turk...Read More
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.The app - named FerroHaat - claims to be a world first and aims to source steel scrap from traders in India. The app is a step toward organizing the currently disorganized Indian scrap supply chain,while also providing a reliable source of scrap met...Read More
Capacity in the current lithium-ion battery chemistries will continue to increase in the years ahead while new technological developments will lead to the creation of new types of batteries, according to William Adams, Fastmarkets' head of battery raw materials research.Lithium is a key ingredient in the manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and energy storage systems (ESSs), and...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
Outright cobalt hydroxide prices edged upward over the past fortnight, but spot trading has generally slowed while consumers exercise greater caution in restocking the material.Fastmarkets' cobalt hydroxide index 30% Co min, cif China rose to $11.82 per lb on Friday August 21, up by 1.6% from $11.63 per lb two weeks earlier. Consumers are still looking to top up their raw materials inventories in...Read More
Domestic prices for steel hot-rolled coil across Europe increased further over the week to Friday August 21, supported by significant offer increase announced by some European mills.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, was calculated at ?,?433.75 ($513.83) per tonne on Friday, up by ?,?14.58 per tonne week on week and up by ?,?26.08 per tonne month on mont...Read More
The domestic price of hot-rolled coil in Northern Europe jumped day-on-day on Monday August 24, supported by the absence of competitive imports and reduced domestic output, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, was calculated at ?,?443.75 ($523.40) per tonne on Monday, up by ?,?10.00 per tonne from ?,?433.75 per tonne on August...Read More
Following a consultation period, Fastmarkets will change the minimum tonnage of its weekly price assessments for steel hot-rolled coil for export, fob main port Turkey, to a minimum of 2,000 tonnes (with no set maximum), from the current 500-1,000 tonnes, with effect from Monday August 24.The price subject to the change is MB-STE-0107 Steel hot-rolled coil, export, fob main port Turkey, $ per tonn...Read More
Special bar quality (SBQ) steel prices in the United States have declined once again due to persistent demand weakness and lower raw material costs, according to market sources. On the hot-rolled side of the market, Fastmarkets' monthly price assessment for steel bar hot-rolled special bar quality (SBQ) 1-inch round 1000 series (carbon), fob mill US slipped to $31.25 per hundredweight ($625 per sh...Read More
Declining ferrous scrap costs pushed the price of cold-heading quality (CHQ) wire rod lower, while the price for high-carbon wire rod was unchanged, Fastmarkets learned. Fastmarkets' assessment for steel wire rod cold-heading quality, ddp settled at $35.50 per hundredweight ($710 per short ton) on Friday August 21, down 2.7% from $36.50 per cwt last month.The cost of steel scrap No1 busheling, del...Read More
Prices for steel rebar in Russia's Central Federal District around Moscow moved up in the week to August 24 on bullish offers from producers while buyers doubt the scale of increase the market can actually accept, sources told Fastmarkets on Monday.Prices for steel rebar in Russia's Central Federal District around Moscow moved up in a week to August 24 on bullish offers from producers while buyers...Read More
The Turkish steel producers have entered a third consecutive week with no deep-sea scrap bookings due to the still-weak finished markets for long steel products, sources said on Monday August 24.After booking some US and Baltic Sea cargoes at $285 per tonne cfr for HMS 1&2 (80:20) on August 7, the steel mills in Turkey went quiet in the deep-sea scrap import markets.In the past two weeks, the Turk...Read More
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.The app - named FerroHaat - claims to be a world first and aims to source steel scrap from traders in India. The app is a step toward organizing the currently disorganized Indian scrap supply chain,while also providing a reliable source of scrap met...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices eased for the second consecutive trading session on Monday August 24 amid limited trading activity, according to trade sources.Fastmarkets iron ore indices62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $125.23 per tonne, down by $2.15 per tonne.62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $124.78 per tonne, down by $1.93 per tonne.58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $111.21 per tonne, dow...Read More
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.The app - named FerroHaat - claims to be a world first and aims to source steel scrap from traders in India. The app is a step toward organizing the currently disorganized Indian scrap supply chain,while also providing a reliable source of scrap met...Read More
Dillinger and Saarstahl have announced that operations have begun at Germany's first hydrogen-based steel production plant in Dillingen, the companies said on August 21.The new plant in Dillingen is said to be the first in Germany that uses hydrogen as a reducing agent in the blast furnace (BF), via the injection of hydrogen-rich coke gas, Fastmarkets understands.Dillinger and Saarstahl - both own...Read More
Crude steel production in Germany was down by 24.70% year on year in July due to capacity being cut to balance the drop in demand caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, German steel federation WV Stahl said on Monday August 24.Germany's crude steel production totaled 2.42 million tonnes in July 2020, down from 3.22 million tonnes in the corresponding period of 2019.The July 2020 output is close to the l...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