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An overview of the new energy materials markets and their price moves in the week to Friday September 10.Susan Zou, Yingchi Yang and...Read More
The zinc concentrate market remained broadly stable in the fortnight to Friday September 10, with smelters and traders reporting a quiet period but also a continued uptrend on treatment charges since August.Zinc spot concentrate TC, cif China was assessed at $75-92 per tonne on Friday, with the top end of the range rising by $2 since August 27.Smelters had reserved enough concentrate for the...Read More
An overview of the specialty steel raw materials markets in Europe and their latest price moves.Cristina Belda, Dalila Ouerghi...Read More
Key data from Fastmarkets' pricing sessions in Europe, China and the United States on Friday September 10.China The Chinese ferro-silicon market edged slightly higher while the main ferro-silicon production hubs - including Ningxia and Inner Mongolia - conducted production cuts to meet the dual control targets of energy consumption. Those output cuts have kept spot availability tight, with many pr...Read More
The zinc concentrate market remained broadly stable in the fortnight to Friday September 10, with smelters and traders reporting a quiet period but also a continued uptrend on treatment charges since August.Zinc spot concentrate TC, cif China was assessed at $75-92 per tonne on Friday, with the top end of the range rising by $2 since August 27.Smelters had reserved enough concentrate for the...Read More
An overview of the new energy materials markets and their price moves in the week to Friday September 10.Susan Zou, Yingchi Yang and...Read More
An overview of the new energy materials markets and their price moves in the week to Friday September 10.Susan Zou, Yingchi Yang and...Read More
Sentiment in the European hot-rolled coil market was becoming increasingly gloomy, reflecting the deterioration in demand from the automotive sector, and with prices in the north of the region sliding on Friday September 10, sources have told Fastmarkets.The automotive sector in Europe was reported to be working at reduced rates because of the global shortage of semiconductor chips for onboard ele...Read More
Activities at the S??o Francisco do Sul port, in Brazil's southern Santa Catarina state, resumed after a truckers' road blockade prevented normal operations during this past week, a spokesperson for the port's operator told Fastmarkets on Friday September 10.According to a report from the country's infrastructure ministry, blockades ended entirely on Friday. Demonstrations that broke out across Br...Read More
Prices for shredded steel scrap imports into Pakistan inched upward in the week to Friday September 10, supported by healthy demand, sources told Fastmarkets.Prices in India showed small week-on-week rises but have fluctuated in narrow ranges through the week, with trading activity limited.PakistanFastmarkets calculated its weekly steel scrap, shredded, index, import, cfr Port Qasim, Pakistan, at...Read More
The light-iron scrap market in the United Kingdom was steady during the week to Friday September 10, stabilizing losses from the week prior on persistent tight availability, despite slower export markets to deep-sea destinations, trade sources said.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel scrap 5C loose old light domestic, delivered inter-merchant, UK was ?170-185 ($235-255) per tonne...Read More
Turkey returned to the deep-sea steel scrap market with renewed vigor in the week to Friday September 10 although regional mills kept their prices stable at lower levels while those in Asia went up on healthy demand over the period.Turkey scrap prices stable after raft of deep-sea bookingsUnited States scrap export prices still in decline Vietnamese import interest renewed amid higher Chinese...Read More
Domestic hot-rolled coil prices in China increased further on Friday September 10, hitting their highest levels since the start of August, with the expectations of tougher curbs on production supporting market sentiment.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 5,850-5,920 yuan ($909-920) per tonne, up by 30-50 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tangshan): weekly assessment: 5,780-5,830 yuan ($898-906) per ton...Read More
A bullish mood overtook the London Metal Exchange decisively on Friday September 10, with zinc, aluminium and nickel setting new year-to-date highs on a day that also saw copper volumes exceed 20,000 lots for the first time in three weeks.Aluminium's three-month price set a new 2021 peak of $2,937 per tonne, rising by 3.4% from Thursday's closing price and by 5.9% since the start of the week, when...Read More
Base metals prices were higher on both the LME and the SHFE this morning, Friday September 10, with the broader markets also up. Additionally, metals that were previously looking vulnerable now look less vulnerable, suggesting traders are still comfortable being exposed to the metals.United States president Joe Biden and China's leader Xi Jinping are meeting in an effort to improve relationsThe Eu...Read More
Battery-grade lithium hydroxide prices in Asia accelerated higher in the week ended Thursday September 9, while lithium carbonate prices were left playing catch-up.Chinese lithium prices extend gains amid tight supply.Lithium prices in Seaborne Asian market once again track the strength in China...... as do prices in Europe and the United States after spot activity picks up.Lithium prices in China...Read More
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Domestic steel rebar prices in Poland have narrowed downward slightly over the past week under pressure from cheaper imports, but robust construction activity and strong order books at producers were expected to prevent prices from collapsing, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday September 10.Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, exw Poland, was 4,000-4,050 zloty...Read More
An overview of the new energy materials markets and their price moves in the week to Friday September 10.Susan Zou, Yingchi Yang and...Read More