Steel billet offer prices to Egypt increased sharply this week, despite a complete lack of buying activity, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday, February 25.Sources said the main reason for the higher offer prices was growing demand for billet from the Commonwealth of Independent States.Fastmarkets' daily steel billet index, export, fob Black Sea, CIS, was $566 per tonne on February 24, rising fr...Read More
Turkish steelmakers have continued their deep-sea scrap purchasing despite rising prices, supported by strong rebar and billet sales, market sources said on Thursday February 25.A steel mill in the Iskenderun region booked a US cargo, comprising 11,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $454 per tonne along with 16,000 tonnes of shredded and 3,000 tonnes of bonus at $464 per tonne cfr.The same mill also...Read More
Brazilian steel scrap consumption is expected to grow in 2021 after scrap generation increased and began to meet a jump in demand from mills in the second half of 2020, the country's ferrous scrap association, Inesfa, said.Inesfa calculated scrap consumption at 8 million tonnes in 2020, up from 7.79 million tonnes in 2019, with the current environment signalling a rise this year, it said.That said...Read More
Iron ore prices mostly increased on Thursday February 25, supported by healthy mill margins and expectations of a steady rise in demand for steel, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $174.24 per tonne, up $1.53 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $174.70 per tonne, up $1.59 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $160.06 per t...Read More
The rise in bulk freight rates, especially from Asia, has dramatically boosted seaborne steel prices and disrupted South American foreign trade, market participants told Fastmarkets in the week to Thursday February 25.Trader sources have reported a material decrease in vessel availability, especially in China, that led to some steel mills cancelling their offers to the continent. Shipping companie...Read More
Steel billet offer prices to Egypt increased sharply this week, despite a complete lack of buying activity, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday, February 25.Sources said the main reason for the higher offer prices was growing demand for billet from the Commonwealth of Independent States.Fastmarkets' daily steel billet index, export, fob Black Sea, CIS, was $566 per tonne on February 24, rising fr...Read More
Turkish steel billet prices have gone up over the past week due to the increasing cost of scrap and firm demand in both the domestic and overseas markets, sources said on Thursday February 25.Scrap import prices in Turkey have been increasing due to the rising freight costs seen worldwide.Three steel producers booked US- and Baltic Sea-origin cargoes on February 24 at $445-447 per tonne cfr on an...Read More
A deepening of the acute shortage of titanium scrap, added to the news this week of a slump in aerospace orders, should support and strengthen prices for both scrap and ferro-titanium in the coming months despite the potential consequences for alloy consumption, industry sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday February 24.Prices in Europe's titanium scrap markets have been rallying for almost seven...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday February 25 that are worth another look....Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday February 25 that are worth another look....Read More
The rise in bulk freight rates, especially from Asia, has dramatically boosted seaborne steel prices and disrupted South American foreign trade, market participants told Fastmarkets in the week to Thursday February 25.Trader sources have reported a material decrease in vessel availability, especially in China, that led to some steel mills cancelling their offers to the continent. Shipping companie...Read More
Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States continue to hit record highs, with further upside expected, Fastmarkets understands. Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US was calculated at $61.85 per hundredweight ($1,237 per short ton) on Thursday February 25, up by 0.67% from $61.44 per cwt on Wednesday February 24 and 2.62% higher than $60.27 per cwt one week earlier.Inpu...Read More
Prices for steel reinforcing bar in the United States continue to hold steady, but a raw materials-driven upside to the market may materialize in the near future, market participants said.Fastmarkets' weekly assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), fob mill US remained at $39.75 per hundredweight ($795 per short ton) on February 24. US market While overall market sentiment has remained stable...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday February 25 that are worth another look....Read More
Jacky Gofflot will become chief executive officer at French lead producer Recylex on Monday March 1 when Sebastian Rudow, who has recently resigned, leaves the company.Gofflot was hired in April last year to manage Recylex's battery-breaking sites, the company said, and brought more than...Read More
The rise in bulk freight rates, especially from Asia, has dramatically boosted seaborne steel prices and disrupted South American foreign trade, market participants told Fastmarkets in the week to Thursday February 25.Trader sources have reported a material decrease in vessel availability, especially in China, that led to some steel mills cancelling their offers to the continent. Shipping companie...Read More
The price of aluminium showed a 2.3% rise and held close to its new 2021 high of $2,243 per tonne during trading on the London Metal Exchange on Thursday February 25.The price of nickel was the only one among the base-metals complex to close lower day on day at the 5pm close, being down by 2.6%.Aluminium's three-month price was up to $2,235 per tonne at the close, from Wednesday's 5pm price of $2,...Read More
The seaborne premium low-volatility hard coking coal fob price slumped dramatically on Thursday February 25, with the latest transaction sealed at $126 per tonne fob Australia. Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $127 per tonne, down $11.93 per tonnePremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $219.04 per tonne, unchangedHard coking coal, fob DBCT: $130.07 per tonne, up $0.50 per ton...Read More
Iron ore prices mostly increased on Thursday February 25, supported by healthy mill margins and expectations of a steady rise in demand for steel, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $174.24 per tonne, up $1.53 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $174.70 per tonne, up $1.59 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $160.06 per t...Read More
The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.Chinese export prices for seamless oil country tubular goods (OCTG) and linepipe barely moved in February 2021, after rallying in January, because the holidays to celebrate the Lunar New Year curbed market activity sharply.With the holiday now ended, we have seen some sharp jumps in round billet prices and we expect there to...Read More