The Cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lb 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 standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lb...Read More
The Cobalt alloy grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lbtrade 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.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
The Cobalt sulfate 20.5% Co basis, exw China, yuan/tonne 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...Read More
Monthly European alloy steel surcharges for grade-316 stainless steel have surged for July because of a sharp increases in the price of molybdenum, Fastmarkets heard on Friday July 2.Fastmarkets' calculation of stainless steel cold-rolled sheet 316 2mm alloy surcharge domestic, Europe was ?,?2,902-2,946 ($3,439-3,492) per tonne for July, up by ?,?242-271 per tonne from June.The substantial increas...Read More
China's leading stainless steel producer, Tsingshan Group, has raised its tender prices for July-delivery ferro-chrome by 950 yuan ($147) per tonne from that for the preceding month, the company said on Friday July 2.The eastern China-based mill set its tender price for July-delivery high-carbon ferro-chrome at 8,395 yuan per tonne. The latest tender price is 12.76% higher than the 7,445 yuan per...Read More
Spot activity in the Vietnamese ferrous scrap import market remained extremely thin amid poor demand from steel mills, sources told Fastmarkets.There was a transaction confirmed for an August-shipment cargo at $484 per tonne cfr southern Vietnam, against offers at $490-500 per tonne cfr Vietnam.Bids were at $480 per tonne cfr Vietnam."It is very, very quiet this week because of the large bid-...Read More
Interest in China for imported blister copper remained lackluster in June, with copper buyers showing a preference for domestic blister and copper scrap, Fastmarkets heard on Friday July 2.Refining charges (RC) for the intermediate product ticked upward last month, with more availability, and suppliers noting a lack of appetite for extra units.Fastmarkets assessed the copper blister 98-99% RC, spo...Read More
A flurry of low-priced transactions for Russian hot-rolled coil into Vietnam during the week to Friday July 2 has shocked market participants in Asia, causing prices to fall and depress sentiment, sources told Fastmarkets.The deals follow Russia's announcement on June 24 that it would impose temporary export duties on ferrous and non-ferrous metals sold outside the Eurasian Economic Union from Aug...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday July 1 that are worth another look.Brazilian exports of iron ore rose by 12.19% in June this year compared with the corresponding month of 2020, despite Vale closing down part of a large complex in southeastern Brazil, according to...Read More
The German subsidiary of Blackstone Resources AG is to increase its lithium-ion battery production capacity tenfold, the company said.According to the Switzerland-based holding company, Blackstone Technology will increase its lithium-ion battery manufacturing capacity to 500 MWh per year at its D??beln site in Saxony by 2022. The batteries are made using the company's own 3D-printing...Read More
Aqua Metals has signed a letter of intent with ACME Metal Enterprise to deploy and license the US company's lead recycling equipment at its facility in Keelung, Taiwan, the companies said.The agreement gives the two companies 60 days to finalize the deal and includes terms for licensing and a phased deployment of Aqua Metals' AquaRefining technology, which is a room temperature, water-based proces...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday July 1 that are worth another look.Brazilian exports of iron ore rose by 12.19% in June this year compared with the corresponding month of 2020, despite Vale closing down part of a large complex in southeastern Brazil, according to...Read More
The German subsidiary of Blackstone Resources AG is to increase its lithium-ion battery production capacity tenfold, the company said.According to the Switzerland-based holding company, Blackstone Technology will increase its lithium-ion battery manufacturing capacity to 500 MWh per year at its D??beln site in Saxony by 2022. The batteries are made using the company's own 3D-printing...Read More
The German subsidiary of Blackstone Resources AG is to increase its lithium-ion battery production capacity tenfold, the company said.According to the Switzerland-based holding company, Blackstone Technology will increase its lithium-ion battery manufacturing capacity to 500 MWh per year at its D??beln site in Saxony by 2022. The batteries are made using the company's own 3D-printing...Read More
Elkem chief executive officer Michael Koenig has resigned.Elkem will now initiate a succession process to recruit a permanent replacement for the role, while board member Helge Aasen will serve as interim chief executive officer of the Norway-based silicon and ferro-silicon...Read More
Turkish steel mills have continued their deep-sea scrap purchases at fairly stable prices, market participants told Fastmarkets on Thursday July 1.A steel mill in the Marmara region booked a Baltic Sea cargo comprising 14,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (95:5) at $504.50 per tonne cfr. This was the third deep-sea deal heard so far this week, with another two...Read More
Chinese steel mills in several provinces have been instructed to lower their production rates this week for environmental reasons, thereby reducing demand for raw materials, sources said on Thursday July 1."The production cuts are not limited to the Tangshan area now. Mills in Anhui, Shandong, Zhejiang, Hunan, Shanxi, and Gansu provinces have all received instructions to keep their production rate...Read More
The German subsidiary of Blackstone Resources AG is to increase its lithium-ion battery production capacity tenfold, the company said.According to the Switzerland-based holding company, Blackstone Technology will increase its lithium-ion battery manufacturing capacity to 500 MWh per year at its D??beln site in Saxony by 2022. The batteries are made using the company's own 3D-printing...Read More
Japanese carmaker Nissan and Envision AESC, the battery arm of Shanghai-based green tech company Envision Group, will invest ?1 billion ($1.38 billion) to create a new energy hub in the north-east of England.Automotive giant Nissan and Envision plan to expand facilities at their carmaking plant at Sunderland, in north-east England, into a new energy hub, they announced on Thursday July 1.The proj...Read More