Iron ore prices were largely rangebound on Monday March 8 after fresh restrictions were announced for the steelmaking hub of Tangshan on Sunday evening, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $174.34 per tonne, up $0.23 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $174.63 per tonne, down $0.03 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $162....Read More
China's iron ore imports in January and February 2021 increased by 2.8% from 2020, data released on Monday March 8 from the General Administration of Customs of China shows.In the first two months of 2021, China's imports of iron ore totalled 181.51 million tonnes, up by 2.8% year on year from 176.6 million tonnes in 2020, customs data showed.The increase in iron ore imports...Read More
China's billet imports increased by 541% in 2020 from a year earlier while those for slab rose at a higher rate of 668% last year, according to the country's customs data. The big increases for these semi-finished steel products - which are rerolled into finished steel products - came amid year-long steelmaking restrictions to improve air quality in the country's production hub of Tangshan.Last ye...Read More
The Indian silico-manganese export market should cement recent price gains that have pushed up the high end of the range to a level last seen in April 2018 on firm domestic fundamentals that are influencing exporter offer prices, industry sources told Fastmarkets. Indian trade sources said firm domestic demand has encouraged higher export offer prices to customers in Southeast Asia, the Middle Eas...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday March 8 that are worth another look.The supply shortage in the European steel market, which has been driving up domestic prices since late 2020, will persist until the end of this year at the very least, market sources told Fastmarkets.With...Read More
The supply shortage in the European steel market, which has been driving up domestic prices since late 2020, will persist until the end of this year at the very least, market sources told Fastmarkets.Finished steel distributors have said they have been struggling to get the necessary volumes of finished steel from either domestic or overseas suppliers, adding that they do not expect the situation...Read More
The Indian silico-manganese export market should cement recent price gains that have pushed up the high end of the range to a level last seen in April 2018 on firm domestic fundamentals that are influencing exporter offer prices, industry sources told Fastmarkets. Indian trade sources said firm domestic demand has encouraged higher export offer prices to customers in Southeast Asia, the Middle Eas...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday March 8 that are worth another look.The supply shortage in the European steel market, which has been driving up domestic prices since late 2020, will persist until the end of this year at the very least, market sources told Fastmarkets.With...Read More
The supply shortage in the European steel market, which has been driving up domestic prices since late 2020, will persist until the end of this year at the very least, market sources told Fastmarkets.Finished steel distributors have said they have been struggling to get the necessary volumes of finished steel from either domestic or overseas suppliers, adding that they do not expect the situation...Read More
China's iron ore imports in January and February 2021 increased by 2.8% from 2020, data released on Monday March 8 from the General Administration of Customs of China shows.In the first two months of 2021, China's imports of iron ore totalled 181.51 million tonnes, up by 2.8% year on year from 176.6 million tonnes in 2020, customs data showed.The increase in iron ore imports...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday March 8 that are worth another look.The supply shortage in the European steel market, which has been driving up domestic prices since late 2020, will persist until the end of this year at the very least, market sources told Fastmarkets.With...Read More
Domestic prices for steel hot-rolled coil increased across Europe over the week to Friday March 5, supported by long lead times from domestic mills and good demand.The steelmakers pushed offers upward again to achieve further rises in transaction prices.ArcelorMittal raised its official offer for HRC to ?,?800 ($953) per tonne ex-works on Friday, up by ?,?50 per tonne, following the recovery in do...Read More
A high dollar index caused lead's three-month price to drop by 1% to its lowest since January at the close on Monday March 8, while copper's futures price inched close to the $9,000 per tonne mark with a 1% rise. Buying interest in lead has been affected by the dollar index moving up to 92.39 on Monday at 5pm, the highest levels since November 2020, "driven by President Biden's mammoth $1.9 trilli...Read More
Limited raw materials availability has continued to support the ammonium paratungstate (APT) price at two-year highs amid a pick-up in spot demand, with alloy prices following slightly higher. Fastmarkets assessed the tungsten APT, 88.5% WO3 min, cif Rotterdam and Baltimore price at $263-268 per metric tonne unit (mtu) on Friday March 5, up from $260-265 per mtu in the previous week. The mark...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday March 8 that are worth another look.The supply shortage in the European steel market, which has been driving up domestic prices since late 2020, will persist until the end of this year at the very least, market sources told Fastmarkets.With...Read More
The supply shortage in the European steel market, which has been driving up domestic prices since late 2020, will persist until the end of this year at the very least, market sources told Fastmarkets.Finished steel distributors have said they have been struggling to get the necessary volumes of finished steel from either domestic or overseas suppliers, adding that they do not expect the situation...Read More
The Indian silico-manganese export market should cement recent price gains that have pushed up the high end of the range to a level last seen in April 2018 on firm domestic fundamentals that are influencing exporter offer prices, industry sources told Fastmarkets. Indian trade sources said firm domestic demand has encouraged higher export offer prices to customers in Southeast Asia, the Middle Eas...Read More
A high dollar index caused lead's three-month price to drop by 1% to its lowest since January at the close on Monday March 8, while copper's futures price inched close to the $9,000 per tonne mark with a 1% rise. Buying interest in lead has been affected by the dollar index moving up to 92.39 on Monday at 5pm, the highest levels since November 2020, "driven by President Biden's mammoth $1.9 trilli...Read More
Seaborne premium hard coking coal prices edged down on Monday March 8, amid limited buying interest, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $121.53 per tonne, down $1.46 per tonnePremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $213.95 per tonne, down $0.56 per tonneHard coking coal, fob DBCT: $116.66 per tonne, unchangedHard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $202.79 per t...Read More
Iron ore prices were largely rangebound on Monday March 8 after fresh restrictions were announced for the steelmaking hub of Tangshan on Sunday evening, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $174.34 per tonne, up $0.23 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $174.63 per tonne, down $0.03 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $162....Read More