Turkish steel mills ended the working week in silence on Friday June 18, having not booked any deep-sea scrap cargoes since Tuesday.Just two cargoes were heard booked during this week, leading to a decline in the indices. The two United States cargoes were heard on Tuesday. A mill in the Marmara region bought the two US cargoes...Read More
Domestic prices for steel wire rod in Poland have been broadly stable at high levels over the past week, but the market was braced for new price rises soon because of the continuing supply shortage and increased feedstock costs, Fastmarkets heard on Friday June 18.Wire rod prices in Poland stabilized this week after last week's significant increase, leaving Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for...Read More
A shortage of shredded scrap is squeezing major supplier markets and pushing up the prices of key grades in the world's export markets, sources told Fastmarkets this week.Lower inflows to scrapyards and stronger demand for key grades in the major supplier nations have made it much harder for overseas consumers to secure shredded scrap over the past month.The lack of available shredded scrap, combi...Read More
Copper concentrate treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) rose during the week to Friday June 18, with smelters buying cargoes at higher levels and traders also assessing material from miners at TCs in the $30s.Chinese smelters bought several cargoes in the high $30s per tonne/3 cents per lb this week, picking up units for the third quarter....Read More
An overview of the aerospace materials markets and the latest price moves.Cristina Belda in London; Jessica...Read More
An overview of the aerospace materials markets and the latest price moves.Cristina Belda in London; Jessica...Read More
An overview of the new energy materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Susan Zou, Yingchi Yang and...Read More
Brazilian slab export prices remained stable as buyers and sellers held their ground in negotiations for August-shipment batches amid high flat steel prices and raw material costs.Fastmarkets assessed the price for steel slab export, fob main port Brazil unchanged for the second consecutive week at $980-1,000 per tonne on Friday June 18.Sellers were holding offers at $1,000 per tonne fob to t...Read More
Indian steel mills kept their domestic hot rolled coil offers unchanged on Friday June 18, despite local traders continuing to undercut their prices by as much as 3,500 rupees ($47) per tonne, Fastmarkets understands.Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel HRC, domestic ex-warehouse India has remained at 68,500-70,500 rupees ($925-952) per tonne since June 4.HRC was being sold by traders at 6...Read More
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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.Fastmarkets assessed Cobalt alloy...Read More
Copper concentrate treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) rose during the week to Friday June 18, with smelters buying cargoes at higher levels and traders also assessing material from miners at TCs in the $30s.Chinese smelters bought several cargoes in the high $30s per tonne/3 cents per lb this week, picking up units for the third quarter....Read More
Prices in the Taiwanese containerized ferrous scrap import market rebounded this week amid improving sentiment and competition for material in the bulk market, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' daily price assessment for containerized steel scrap, heavy melting scrap 1&2 (80:20), United States material import, cfr main port Taiwan was $450 per tonne on Friday June 18, narrowing upward by $1 pe...Read More
The first shipment of Europe-origin HRS101-grade steel scrap has cleared customs at the Port of Jingtang on Friday June 18, sources told Fastmarkets.The containerized cargo, comprising 1,000 tonnes of plate and structural scrap (P&S), was sold by United Kingdom commodity brokerage Atlas Commodities to China's Zhejiang Metals & Materials Co in March.It is believed to be the first Europe-origin scra...Read More
Hot-rolled coil prices decreased in the Turkish domestic and export markets during the week to Friday June 18, while cold-rolled coil prices were stable, sources told Fastmarkets."Demand in the domestic market, especially the manufacturing sector is still strong. But lower import prices and the lack of clarity over China's export taxes resulted in uncertainty," one market participant said.Cautious...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday June 17 that are worth another look.Vale is testing the use of unmanned trains at its Mariana iron ore complex to transport ore to the Timbopeba plant in a bid to reverse a recent state-ordered stoppage, it said on...Read More
Joseph Carrabba, formerly chairman, president and chief executive officer of Cleveland-Cliffs, has been named CEO of ElementUS Minerals, the company has said.Carrabba was at Cleveland-Cliffs, at one point known as Cliffs Natural Resources, from 2005 to 2013. Prior to this, he had spent more than 20 years in executive leadership at Rio Tinto, holding positions in its North American, Australian, Asi...Read More
Copper's price fall and a higher US dollar index were the main factors in a decline in London Metal Exchange base metals prices for a fourth day on the morning of Thursday June 17, with most down by at least 1%.The three-month copper contract on the LME was at $9,459.50 per tonne at 9am London time on Thursday, down by 2.1% from its $9,667 per tonne closing price on Wednesday. The contract fell to...Read More
Volkswagen Group is seeking partnerships with battery raw material producers in order to vertically integrate and achieve security of supply and competitive prices for its minerals needs, a spokesperson for the German automaker told Fastmarkets on Thursday June 17.This is in line with the company's strategy to move forward with the electrification of its fleet. Besides gaining security of supply,...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday June 17 that are worth another look.Vale is testing the use of unmanned trains at its Mariana iron ore complex to transport ore to the Timbopeba plant in a bid to reverse a recent state-ordered stoppage, it said on...Read More