Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday August 14 that are worth another look.Belarus Steel Works (BMZ) was operating at full capacity and all stages of production were progressing normally, the company said on Tuesday August 11, after the start of...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday August 14 that are worth another look.Belarus Steel Works (BMZ) was operating at full capacity and all stages of production were progressing normally, the company said on Tuesday August 11, after the start of...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday August 14 that are worth another look.Belarus Steel Works (BMZ) was operating at full capacity and all stages of production were progressing normally, the company said on Tuesday August 11, after the start of...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday August 14 that are worth another look.Belarus Steel Works (BMZ) was operating at full capacity and all stages of production were progressing normally, the company said on Tuesday August 11, after the start of...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday August 14 that are worth another look.Belarus Steel Works (BMZ) was operating at full capacity and all stages of production were progressing normally, the company said on Tuesday August 11, after the start of...Read More
Metal prices were mostly firmer on both the London Metals Exchange and the Shanghai Futures Exchange on Monday August 17, the exception was the SHFE September aluminium contract that was down by 0.3% while the rest of the metals on both exchanges were up by an average of 1.1%.* United States/China trade talks over the weekend were postponed.* Japan’s preliminary gross domestic product fell by...Read More
Healthcare SPDRS (XLV) moved above $107.53 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend.Walmart (WMT), a Dow Jones Industrial Average stock moved above 4133.58 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend.Dollar Tree (DLTR), a NASDAQ 100 stock moved above $107.53 extending an intermediate uptrend. Pre-opening Comments for Monday August 17thU.S. equity index futures were hig...Read More
Aluminium primary foundry alloy premiums in Germany and Eastern Europe ticked up on Friday August 14, breaking a downtrend that started in 2018.Europe Premiums for aluminium primary foundry alloy in Europe moved up Friday for the first time in two years ahead of 2021 negotiations for annual supply in the region.Fastmarkets assessed the aluminium primary foundry alloy silicon 7 ingot premium,...Read More
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London Metal Exchange aluminium futures closed at their lowest level in two weeks, but copper, lead, nickel and tin finished the day strongly, rebounding after losses in previous days.The LME's three-month aluminium 5pm closing price was $1,746 per tonne on Friday August 14, down by $7.50 per tonne from Thursday's close and marking its lowest closing level since July 31.Prices were under downward...Read More
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Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia, Europe and the United States during the week ending Friday August 14.ChinaThe UG2 chrome ore market recorded a pick-up in activity over the past week, with buyers procuring at around the current index level, while some sales were reported above this level later in the week ...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Europe, China and the United States in the week ended Friday August 14.China Domestic prices hold steady, some suppliers continuously report tight spot availability, while those with cargoes held their offer prices firm Export market remained subdued with light liquidityEurope The...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia, Europe and the United States for the week ending Friday August 14. ChinaSeaborne manganese ore prices continued to climb up amid improved sentiment resulting from growing portside ore and alloy prices and continued buying of 37% manganese ore material. Prices for 44% manganese ore will follow the trend pending fresh offers, sources said.Portside ore pric...Read More
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The inter-merchant spot market for light iron scrap in the United Kingdom was up over the week to Friday August 14 due to firmer demand from major shredders that supply consumers in the steel sector combined with persistently tight availability, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel scrap 5C, loose old light, domestic, delivered inter-merchant, UK was assessed at...Read More
Turkish steel mills held back from the deep-sea scrap markets this week amid limited long steel demand in the country's export and domestic markets. And the slowdown in Turkey stopped global scrap prices increasing further.Turkish steel mills focused on finished steel sales instead of scrap purchasesRecent sales to Turkey and Bangladesh kept US export markets firmWeak steel markets in Vietnam cool...Read More
Liberty Steel Group, part of the GFG Alliance, is to buy French steel rail business Hayange and the Ascoval steelworks. Liberty Steel Group has committed to providing an initial ?,?65 million ($76.83 million) in new financing for Hayange and Ascoval to enact its industrial plan. Further details of development plans for the sites will be announced in due course, Liberty Steel said on Friday August...Read More
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