Domestic steel rebar prices in Russia's Central Federal District around Moscow were flat in the week to Monday November 16 despite higher mill offers for November deliveries, sources have told Fastmarkets.Slow secondary market demand and competition between mills' trading branches and independent trading companies were constraining domestic rebar price growth in the region, sources said.Fastmarket...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday November 16 that are worth another look.Russia-based steelmaker NLMK's US subsidiary has reached a settlement with the United States government on a lawsuit regarding Section 232 tariffs on steel imports.Prices and payables for...Read More
Turkish steel mills remained silent on the first day of the week but news of bookings from late last week has come to light, sources told Fastmarkets on Monday November 16.Turkish steel mills did not enter the market for deep-sea cargoes on Monday, but two cargoes were sold late on the preceding Friday after the Fastmarkets indices had closed for the day.A European cargo was booked by a mill in th...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices made gains on Monday November 16 amid support from positive data for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), which had increased sales in the spot market, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $124.07 per tonne, up $1.70 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $124.35 per tonne, up $1.25 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cf...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday November 16 that are worth another look.Russia-based steelmaker NLMK's US subsidiary has reached a settlement with the United States government on a lawsuit regarding Section 232 tariffs on steel imports.Prices and payables for...Read More
Russia-based steelmaker NLMK's US subsidiary has reached a settlement with the United States government on a lawsuit regarding Section 232 tariffs on steel imports.NLMK filed a suit in the US Court of International Trade on February 2020, challenging a decision from the Department of Commerce to deny the company's exclusion requests to the Section 232 tariff of 25% against steel imported from most...Read More
CIS steel billet producers have increased their offer prices to foreign customers with support from the global uptrend in raw materials costs, Fastmarkets heard on Monday November 16.The region's mills have almost sold out their December-shipment volumes and were seeking higher prices for January-shipment cargoes, sources said.Offers from some of the major mills in Ukraine and Russia were heard in...Read More
Vanadium prices in Europe jumped in the week ended Friday November 13, with spot market interest increasing and the alloy market trading close to a two-month high.Fastmarkets' latest assessment of the price for ferro-vanadium, basis 78% V min, 1st grade, ddp Western Europe, was $24.00-24.90 per kg on Friday, narrowing upward from the mid-week assessment of $23.50-24.90 per kg but still down from i...Read More
Russia-based steelmaker NLMK's US subsidiary has reached a settlement with the United States government on a lawsuit regarding Section 232 tariffs on steel imports.NLMK filed a suit in the US Court of International Trade on February 2020, challenging a decision from the Department of Commerce to deny the company's exclusion requests to the Section 232 tariff of 25% against steel imported from most...Read More
China's crude steel, hot metal and finished steel output continued to grow on a year-on-year basis in October, according to data released by the country's National Bureau of Statistics on Monday November 16.October outputCrude steel: 92.2 million tonnes, up 12.7% from a year earlier, down 0.4% from SeptemberHot metal: 76.17 million tonnes, up 9.4% year on year, up 0.5% month on month Finished stee...Read More
Tata Steel has initiated discussions with Swedish steelmaker SSAB over the sale of its IJmuiden plant in The Netherlands, the company said on Friday November 13.Tata Steel has also initiated the process of splitting its main European operations - Tata Steel Netherlands and Tata Steel UK - with the aim of pursuing separate strategic paths for the two businesses. "Tata Steel...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday November 16 that are worth another look.Russia-based steelmaker NLMK's US subsidiary has reached a settlement with the United States government on a lawsuit regarding Section 232 tariffs on steel imports.Prices and payables for...Read More
Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States have continued to climb amid an ongoing supply squeeze and robust overall market fundamentals, Fastmarkets has learned.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US was calculated at $36.35 per hundredweight ($727 per short ton) on Monday November 16, up by 1.1% from $35.96 per cwt on Friday November 13 and up by 3.3% from $35.19 per c...Read More
Russia-based steelmaker NLMK's US subsidiary has reached a settlement with the United States government on a lawsuit regarding Section 232 tariffs on steel imports.NLMK filed a suit in the US Court of International Trade on February 2020, challenging a decision from the Department of Commerce to deny the company's exclusion requests to the Section 232 tariff of 25% against steel imported from most...Read More
Flat steel prices in Brazil's domestic market have increased for the fifth month in a row, with supply remaining scarce amid low inventories.Steelmakers have applied price increases ranging from 8-15% this month, depending on the product, with local distributors having trouble restocking amid longer-than-usual lead times.Fastmarkets' monthly assessment for steel hot-rolled coil, domestic, monthly,...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday November 16 that are worth another look.Russia-based steelmaker NLMK's US subsidiary has reached a settlement with the United States government on a lawsuit regarding Section 232 tariffs on steel imports.Prices and payables for...Read More
The London Metal Exchange copper three-month price continued to break records on Monday November 16, with more than 30,000 lots of the metal exchanged by 5pm, a volume last reached in March 2020.Copper's three-month price opened at $7,142.50 per tonne on Monday, its highest since June 2018. The red metal's three-month price at the end of the day was $7,108.50 per tonne, a 1.8% increase from Friday...Read More
The seaborne premium hard coking coal fob price fell on Monday November 16 amid a weak market, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $100.38 per tonne, down $4.02 per tonne Premium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $154.32 per tonne, up $0.74 per tonneHard coking coal, fob DBCT: $95.80 per tonne, up $0.77 per tonneHard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $141.68 per...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices made gains on Monday November 16 amid support from positive data for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), which had increased sales in the spot market, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $124.07 per tonne, up $1.70 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $124.35 per tonne, up $1.25 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cf...Read More
The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of base metals analysts are ready to view.Aluminium: SHFE tailwind for LME pricesAs we are entering the traditional strong demand season, we expect Chinese aluminium demand to show further recovery, and we expect demand from existing end-user sectors, new infrastructure projects and the export sector to show some increases. As a result, we believe that S...Read More