Trader Afrimet Resources (AMR) will invest up to C$650,000 ($497,000) in Canadian exploration company Tantalex Resources Corp in a private placement that gives AMR shares and rights to buy additional shares in Tantalex.As part of the transaction, Hadley Natus, AMR's founder, becomes director and chairman of the board of Tantalex - one of many management changes announced by Toronto-based Tantalex...Read More
An overview of the chrome ore and alloy markets and their latest price moves.China Prices for UG2 chrome ore fell more slowly, amid limited trading activity. The spot ferro-chrome price remained steady with sentiment buoyed by power restrictions in Inner Mongolia, the major production region for high-carbon ferro-chrome. Falling stainless steel prices also weighed...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Europe, Asia and the United States for the week ending Friday November 20.AsiaSeaborne prices for high and low-grade manganese ore fell following lower offers amid high inventories and weakening market sentiment.Falling portside ore prices put additional downward pressure on both grades of material.Portside manganese ore prices of both grades ticked down amid...Read More
Fastmarkets has corrected its weekly manganese ore 37% Mn cif Tiajin and fob Port Elizabeth indices, which were published incorrectly on Friday November 20 due to a reporter error.Fastmarkets' weekly index for manganese ore 37% Mn fob Port Elizabeth, $/dmtu (MB-MNO-0003) should have been $3.72 per dry metric tonne unit (dmtu), instead of $3.70 per dmtu as it was previously published.Fastmarkets' w...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday November 24 that are worth another look.European steelmakers need to consolidate to gain better control over pricing and the supply-demand balance as well as to better tackle rising production costs, but it will not solve the major problems of...Read More
Trader Afrimet Resources (AMR) will invest up to C$650,000 ($497,000) in Canadian exploration company Tantalex Resources Corp in a private placement that gives AMR shares and rights to buy additional shares in Tantalex.As part of the transaction, Hadley Natus, AMR's founder, becomes director and chairman of the board of Tantalex - one of many management changes announced by Toronto-based Tantalex...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday November 24 that are worth another look.European steelmakers need to consolidate to gain better control over pricing and the supply-demand balance as well as to better tackle rising production costs, but it will not solve the major problems of...Read More
The Turkish deep-sea scrap import market went quiet on the second working day of the week, with mills instead focusing on finished long steel and billet sales, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday November 24.After a steel mill in the Marmara region booked a European cargo at an average price of $332.50 per tonne cfr for a mixture of HMS 1&2 (75:25), shredded and bonus on Monday, mills we...Read More
Bans on the export of ferrous scrap by various key suppliers of material to India and Pakistan have restricted import flows at the same time that demand has been returning to these markets, pushing prices higher, Fastmarkets has learnt.Demand for imports of steel scrap fell sharply when India went into its strict lockdown during March in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Trading effectively...Read More
The base metals on the London Metal Exchange were firmer across the board this morning, Tuesday November 24, although those on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were mixed following the weakness seen on the LME on Monday. US president-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate former Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen to become Treasury Secretary......the market seems to see Yellen as a safe pair of handsCoppe...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday November 24 that are worth another look.European steelmakers need to consolidate to gain better control over pricing and the supply-demand balance as well as to better tackle rising production costs, but it will not solve the major problems of...Read More
Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States have risen to their highest in almost exactly two years after more buyers perceived that a true steel shortage is intensifying for the end of 2020 and the beginning of the first quarter of 2021. Fastmarkets' daily hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US was calculated at $39.08 per hundredweight ($781.60 per short ton) on Tuesday November 24, up 0.7% fro...Read More
The domestic price for hot-rolled coil in Northern Europe increased day on day on Tuesday November 24, supported by tight supplies, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets calculated its daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe at ?,?545.05 ($646.61) per tonne on Tuesday, up by ?,?2.55 per tonne from ?,?542.50 per tonne on Monday November 23.The index was up by ?,?15.47 per to...Read More
Steel billet and rebar prices in the United Arab Emirates increased this week, although most producers were fully booked and were not offering any products, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday November 24.Domestic rebarThe country's steel producers were offering rebar at 1,984,1,985 dirhams ($540) per tonne ex-works, with orders to be produced in December, but only a few producers had allocat...Read More
The export market for long steel products from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) went up in the week to Monday November 23 on a generally positive mood in the global steel market and higher prices for steel billet feedstock.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), export, fob Black Sea, CIS, was $490 per tonne on November 23, up from $465-468 per tonne fob...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices were mostly stable on Tuesday November 24, due to limited physical trading - although futures gained because of a drop in cargo movements, sources told Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $127.42 per tonne, up $0.18 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $127.67 per tonne, up $0.18 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium...Read More
The Turkish deep-sea scrap import market went quiet on the second working day of the week, with mills instead focusing on finished long steel and billet sales, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday November 24.After a steel mill in the Marmara region booked a European cargo at an average price of $332.50 per tonne cfr for a mixture of HMS 1&2 (75:25), shredded and bonus on Monday, mills we...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices were mostly stable on Tuesday November 24, due to limited physical trading - although futures gained because of a drop in cargo movements, sources told Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $127.42 per tonne, up $0.18 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $127.67 per tonne, up $0.18 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium...Read More
Bans on the export of ferrous scrap by various key suppliers of material to India and Pakistan have restricted import flows at the same time that demand has been returning to these markets, pushing prices higher, Fastmarkets has learnt.Demand for imports of steel scrap fell sharply when India went into its strict lockdown during March in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Trading effectively...Read More
The export price for steel slab from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) went up during the week to Monday November 23, mainly on a huge upswing in prices for hot-rolled coil, Fastmarkets heard.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel slab, export, fob Black Sea, CIS, was $485-495 per tonne on November 23, up by $25 per tonne from $460-470 per tonne fob a week earlier.Slabs offers w...Read More