Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday May 5 that are worth another look.German steel companies Thyssenkrupp Steel and H? 1/4 ttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann (HKM) and the Port of Rotterdam Authority are to jointly investigate setting up international supply chains for hydrogen.AfriTin Mining will increase production at its fledgling...Read More
ArcelorMittal has again increased its official offer prices for hot-rolled coil in Europe by ?,?30 ($36) per tonne, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday May 7. The steelmaker had already increased its offers four times in April. After the rise, new offers for HRC have reached ?,?1,050 per tonne ex-works. ArcelorMittal, however, kept its offers for downstream products unchanged at ?,?1,200 per tonne...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday May 5 that are worth another look.German steel companies Thyssenkrupp Steel and H? 1/4 ttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann (HKM) and the Port of Rotterdam Authority are to jointly investigate setting up international supply chains for hydrogen.AfriTin Mining will increase production at its fledgling...Read More
Proposed changes to the London Metal Exchange's market structure may actually have the opposite effect to its desired intention: destroying liquidity, not increasing it.Attention has been focused on the proposed permanent closure of the LME ring, the incentivization of electronic trade and changes to margin methodology, which were central issues in the exchange's recently closed discussion paper.B...Read More
Copper's futures price reached an all-time high in early trading on the London Metal Exchange on Friday May 7 and aluminium breached the $2,500-per-tonne mark on bullishness in the market caused by supply concerns and firm demand.The red metal's three-month price peaked at $10,253 per tonne on Friday morning, surpassing its previous high of $10,190 per tonne set in February 2011. This was a rise o...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange and the Shanghai Futures Exchange were for the most part stronger this morning, Friday May 7, as were broader markets.Friday's United States employment report is in focus because it could prompt Federal Reserve to change tackDow Jones Industrial Average sets new highs after US initial jobless claims fell below 500,000 on Thursday for the first time s...Read More
The London Metal Exchange tin cash price rose to an all-time high while a number of other milestones were set on the futures complex for copper, aluminium and lead on May 6. LME copper's three-month price was at $10,092 per tonne at Thursday's close, up by 1.4% from Wednesday's price and was above the $10,000-per-tonne mark for the first time since 2011 one week ago on April 29. LME copper hi...Read More
Fresh political tensions between China and Australia, along with strong steel prices, lent support to the sharp increases in seaborne iron ore prices on Thursday May 6, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $201.88 per tonne, up $9.34 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $202.87 per tonne, up $8.66 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr...Read More
An overview of the aerospace materials markets and the latest price moves.Ewa Manthey and Michael Greenfield in...Read More
An overview of the specialty steel raw materials markets in Europe and their latest price moves.Charlotte Radford, Cristina Belda...Read More
Key data from Fastmarkets' Friday May 7 pricing sessions in Europe. Key drivers Market participants reported very limited inventories in Europe for prompt availability. Consumers in the aluminium sector, where magnesium is used an alloy, have been looking for material over the last weeks, but the majority of traders did not have material at hand to supply their usual consumers. Stocks i...Read More
Some cobalt hydroxide consumers in China have been warned by shipping companies of potential delays to shipments following an outbreak of Covid-19 infections on Italian container ship Ital Libera, market participants told Fastmarkets.The container ship, which was on a scheduled trip from Durban, South Africa, to Singapore, was forced to anchor at Jakarta, Indonesia, in mid-April after its captain...Read More
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...Read More
Global steel scrap prices surged in the week to Friday May 7 and could well break through the $500 per tonne cfr mark, starting in Asia, market sources have told Fastmarkets.This was due to the continued demand for steelmaking raw materials and the current high prices for alternative iron ore feedstock, they said.Turkish scrap import prices spikeSentiment in US remains bullishPossible $485 per ton...Read More
Pharmaceutical ETF PPH moved above $70.79 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend. Gold stocks are responding to higher gold prices. Barrick Gold, a TSX 60 stock, moved above Cdn$28.88 extending an intermediate uptrend.Another Canadian Gold stock breakout! Yamana Gold moved above Cdn$6.20 extending an intermediate uptrend. Junior Gold ETF (GDXJ) moved above $51.19 extending an interm...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were a bit more mixed this morning, Thursday May 6, while the return of trading on the Shanghai Futures Exchange after the Labor Day holidays saw good gains in all metals apart from zinc.* Markets generally buoyant - perhaps not so surprising when the two largest economies, China and the United States could grow 6% or more this year...* ...but you ha...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 6 points in pre-opening trade.PayPal added $9.75 to $257.15 after reporting higher than consensus first quarter earnings.Magna International (MG Cdn$115.04 ) is expected to open higher after reporting higher than consensus first quarter revenues and earnings.Manulife (MFC Cdn$27.19 ) is expected to open higher after re...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday May 4 that are worth another look.Duferco Travi e Profilati, the Italian long steel producer of the Duferco group, has received a loan of ?,?72 million ($86.5 million) from two banks to build a new sustainable steel plant in...Read More
Supply tightness continued to drive the Midwest premium in the United States to a new record high on Tuesday May 4, while more bearish sentiment resulted in European premiums being unchanged from the previous week but still at a six-year high level.US Midwest sets new record-high levelRotterdam premiums stable at multi-year highsMJP, South Korea premiums unchanged amid holidays, thin tradingBrazil...Read More
A summary of base metals premiums from across the globe for the week to Tuesday May 4.Please click...Read More