Indian hot-rolled coil export prices rose by $25-40 per tonne in the week to Friday August 6 due to mills expanding their markets to the Gulf region, North Africa, Central and South America.Fastmarkets assessed steel hot-rolled coil (commodity) export, fob main port India at $920-950 per tonne on Friday, an increase of $25-40 per tonne from $895-910 per tonne last week."Indian mills are...Read More
Spot buying appetite from Chinese copper smelters remained low in the week to Friday August 6, with standard tonnages being traded in the mid to high $50s per tonne range.Deals for blended cargoes of lower-grade copper concentrate were reported in the low $60s per tonne. Regional power restrictions in China have led to copper smelters bringing forward their maintenance plans which created reduced...Read More
An overview of the new energy materials markets and their price moves in the week to Friday August 6.Susan Zou, Yingchi Yang and...Read More
Turkish steel mills were silent on Friday August 6 after booking at least five deep-sea cargoes earlier this week, market participants told Fastmarkets.The most recent deal was recorded on Wednesday August 4, when a steel mill in the Izmir region booked a United States cargo comprising 15,000 tonnes of heavy melting scrap 1&2 (80:20) at $464 per tonne, and 14,000 tonnes of shredded and 2,000 tonne...Read More
The light iron scrap market in the United Kingdom dropped by ?5 ($7) per tonne over the week ending Friday August 6, with weaker European export markets into Turkey and the Indian subcontinent dragging down British dockside prices, which had a knock-on effect on the domestic market, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel scrap 5C, loose old light, domestic, delive...Read More
Turkey's domestic transaction prices for hot-dipped galvanized and pre-painted galvanized coil prices were mostly stable in the week ended Friday August 6 due to limited trading, sources told Fastmarkets.Domestic buyers have mainly been holding back from acquiring substantial material volumes, waiting for the trend to settle.Fastmarkets' assessment for steel HDG coil domestic, exw T...Read More
Battery-grade lithium prices in China's domestic market continued to edge upward in the week ended Thursday August 5, while other global markets were steady with participants focused closely on the aftereffects of Pilbara Minerals' inaugural spodumene concentrate auction that attracted higher-than-expected bids.Battery-grade lithium prices in China rise further with producers broadly sold out afte...Read More
Fastmarkets has identified a necessary clarification to the nickel sulfate specification with regard to delivery time.The delivery time for Fastmarkets' nickel sulfate ex-works China price assessment is seven days, which was not reflected in the specifications when the price was launched in July 2018.Fastmarkets confirms that the specifications read as follows, with the clarification in italics:MB...Read More
The price of shredded steel scrap into Pakistan and India fell on Friday August 6 having moved progressively lower across the working week, sources told Fastmarkets.PakistanFastmarkets calculated its weekly steel scrap, shredded, index, import, cfr Port Qasim, Pakistan at $530.64 per tonne on Friday, down from $544.77 per tonne one week earlier.Offers and deals were reported during the first half...Read More
The import pig iron market in the United States declined during the week ended Friday August 6 due to a new booking from Brazil.Fastmarkets' price assessment for pig iron, import, cfr Gulf of Mexico, US was at $585-600 per tonne on Friday, down from $620-635 per tonne a week earlier.One large buyer purchased a cargo from the south of Brazil at $585-587 per tonne cfr for...Read More
German industrial group Thyssenkrupp has agreed the sale of its Infrastructure business to compatriot company FMC Beteiligungs KG, an entrepreneur-led investment firm, Thyssenkrupp said on Thursday August 5.The deal was expected to be closed later this year but will be subject to approval from merger control authorities as well as Thyssenkrupp's own supervisory board. The financial details of the...Read More
Europe's domestic prices for hot-rolled coil were stable on Friday August 6 due to a seasonal slowdown, sources told Fastmarkets.Buyers in Europe have sufficient stocks and activity has been low in August, a traditionally slow period, resulting in weak trading activity. Market activity is expected to recover between the end of August and first half of September. Domestic producers only had HRC ava...Read More
The domestic market for steel rebar in Poland was quiet during the week to Friday August 6 amid a seasonal slowdown in trading activity, but prices held firm, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, exw Poland was 4,000-4,200 zloty ($1,041-1,093) per tonne on Friday, widening upward by 50 zloty from 4,000-4,150 zloty per tonne last week.T...Read More
Turkey's domestic hot-rolled coil prices were largely stable in the week to Friday August 6 despite limited trading activity, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel hot-rolled coil, domestic, exw Turkey was $1,010-1,050 per tonne on Friday, widening downward by $10 from $1,020-1,050 per tonne on July 30.Turkish HRC producers were offering material at $1,020-1,...Read More
The tight Chinese domestic tin market may loosen after China's Yunnan Tin, the world's largest tin producer, resumed production in early August after its annual maintenance, sources said.Although a tin shortage remains in China, sources expect tightness to alleviate in the near future.Sources estimate that Yunnan Tin's maintenance reduced tin output by approximately 1,500-2,000 tonnes, althou...Read More
The Cobalt hydroxide payable indicator, min 30% Co, cif China, % payable of Fastmarkets' standard-grade cobalt price (low-end) trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparencyinto the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies.Fastmarkets assessed Cobalt hydroxide p...Read More
Prices for hot-rolled coil in China's domestic market were largely unchanged on Friday August 6, with trading activity remaining quiet because of the seasonal lull.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): daily assessment 5,790-5,800 yuan ($896-898) per tonne on August 6, narrowing by 20 yuan per tonne at both ends of the range.Northern China (Tangshan): weekly assessment: 5,700-5,710 yuan per tonne on A...Read More
The export market for pig iron from the Commonwealth of Independent States dropped during the week to Thursday August 5 on oversupply and short lead times. Fastmarkets assessed the price for high-manganese pig iron, export, fob main port Black Sea, CIS at $550-580 per tonne on Thursday, down from $570-590 per tonne the previous week.The market level in the United States, which is the main pig...Read More
Turkey's domestic hot-rolled coil prices were largely stable in the week to Friday August 6 despite limited trading activity, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel hot-rolled coil, domestic, exw Turkey was $1,010-1,050 per tonne on Friday, widening downward by $10 from $1,020-1,050 per tonne on July 30.Turkish HRC producers were offering material at $1,020-1,...Read More
The price of flat-rolled stainless steel in the European domestic market increased further this week amid continuing tight supply, Fastmarkets heard on Friday August 6.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for stainless steel cold-rolled sheet, 2mm, grade 304, transaction domestic, delivered North Europe, was ?,?3,900-3,950 ($4,616-4,676) per tonne on Friday, up by ?,?50 per tonne week on week from...Read More