The CIS export billet market was quiet on Friday August 17 amid tumbling billet export prices from Turkey....Read More
Metal Bulletin will not publish certain price assessments for steel and ferrous scrap products in the Middle East and Turkey during the period August 20-24, 2018, because of the religious Eid al-Adha public holidays.The following prices will not be published during that period. Normal publishing schedules will be resumed in the week beginning Monday August 27.Egypt semi-finished and long steel- Eg...Read More
Prices for coated steel coil products in Turkey were stable in the week ended Friday August 17, while sentiment was improving after the Turkish lira started to regain value toward the end the week after dipping earlier in August. ...Read More
The latest bids, offers and deals in the global markets for hot-rolled coil, cold-rolled coil, hot-dipped galvanized coil, pre-painted galvanized iron, steel plate, steel sheet and other flat steel products. ...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 6 points in pre-opening trade.The Canadian Dollar added 0.28 to U.S. 76.40 cents following release of Canada's July Consumer Price Index. Consensus was a year-over-year increase of 2.5%. Actual was an increase of 3.0%.NVIDIA fell $6.64 to $251.00 after reporting lower than consensus quarterly sales. The company also l...Read More
Vietnam's Masan Resources has moved a step closer to realizing its aim of becoming the world's largest producer and supplier of tungsten chemicals by acquiring the stake in its local tungsten chemical processor joint venture it did not already own....Read More
Key data from the pricing session ending August 17....Read More
The following Metal Bulletin noble alloys, bulk alloys and ores prices changed on Friday August 17:...Read More
Chinese domestic spot battery-grade lithium carbonate prices have fallen on thin buying activity and lower prices, while lithium hydroxide prices have temporarily stabilized this week, while seaborne, European and US lithium carbonate prices moved down.Battery-grade lithium carbonate prices continue their downtrend while downstream consumers are waiting for the market to hit the bottom due to the...Read More
South Korean battery maker LG Chem has agreed an offtake deal with a major Chinese lithium producer. Chinese lithium producer Ganfeng will provide 47,600 tonnes of lithium hydroxide to the South Korean battery maker over three years to the end of 2022, it said.The material will be supplied at an adjustable market price, Ganfeng said on Wednesday August 15.LG, which holds a 30.1% stake in Ganfeng,...Read More
The latest ferrous scrap cargo sold out of the United States to Turkey saw prices for an 80:20 mix of No 1 and No 2 heavy melting scrap drop by $28 per tonne, continuing a trend of falling prices seen throughout this summer - and exacerbated by increasing trade tensions this month....Read More
Light iron scrap prices in the UK were unchanged on Friday August 17 for a third consecutive week despite a fall in export prices for shredded scrap and the settlement of monthly deliveries to domestic consumers for August....Read More
Turkish steel producers returned to the deep-sea scrap markets and resumed their September bookings at lower prices on Friday August 17....Read More
European prices for austenitic alloy steel scrap decreased because of lower nickel prices this week, with market activity remaining subdued during the seasonal summer slowdown....Read More
Physical iron ore prices rebounded on Friday August 17 amid advances in the futures and steel markets....Read More
China's domestic rebar prices moved up on Friday August 17 following higher billet and futures prices. ...Read More
The seaborne coking coal market was largely stable on Friday August 17 with bid and offers still diverged. ...Read More
Arbitrage for copper, aluminium, zinc and nickel imported into China on Friday August 17*...Read More
An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons for any price moves.Read More
The following Metal Bulletin minor metals prices changed on Friday August 17:...Read More