Flat steel prices in Turkey continued to rise sharply in the week to Friday November 20, due to strong demand in the domestic and export markets because of low stock levels, sources told Fastmarkets.Domestic pricesFastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel HRC, domestic, exw Turkey was $630-640 per tonne on November 20, rising from $575-585 per tonne on November 13.Turkish HRC producers w...Read More
Domestic Turkish prices for hot-dipped galvanized coil and color-coated coil (pre-painted galvanized iron or PPGI) continued to increase in the week to Friday November 20, with demand reported to be strong, sources told Fastmarkets.Coated coil prices increased because of strong demand as well rising prices for hot-rolled coil, the base product for coated coils.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment...Read More
China's hot-rolled coil prices surged to a new two-year high on Friday November 20, despite thin trading, sources told Fastmarkets.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 4,140-4,160 yuan ($629-632) per tonne, up 10 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tangshan) - weekly assessment: 3,990-4,010 yuan per tonne, up 90 yuan per tonneSeveral Shanghai-based traders said sellers there continued to off...Read More
The US Department of Commerce has issued affirmative preliminary anti-dumping determinations on steel reinforcing bar from Turkey, the agency said on Tuesday November 17. Commerce preliminarily determined that producers or exporters of rebar from Turkey subject to investigation made sales at less than normal value during the period of review from July 1, 2018 through June 30,...Read More
Indian domestic prices for secondary steel billet increased by 1,000 rupees ($13) per tonne in the week to Friday November 20, on a continued rise in the price of direct-reduced iron (DRI) and steady demand for semi-finished steel materials from finished product makers.The price of steel billet, domestic, exw India, was assessed by Fastmarkets on November 20 to be up by 1,000 rupees per tonne to 3...Read More
The domestic price for steel rebar in Poland inched higher this week on bullish offers from mills, reflecting the growth momentum in international scrap markets, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday November 20.Polish rebar producers were looking for higher prices this week, following the uptrend in the long steel markets in the EU and internationally, and with a rise in global scrap prices also sup...Read More
Steel scrap prices have continued to increase in all the major international markets over the past week, amid tightening supply and continued demand for steel, sources said on Friday November 20.Turkish steelmakers returned to the import market, booking cargoes at higher pricesUS East Coast sales slow down, but prices remain highDemand for Vietnamese steel billet drives up scrap pricesTaiwanese mi...Read More
Demand for imported pig iron was low in the United States during the week to Friday November 20 but a global uptrend has stimulated market growth.Fastmarkets' price assessment for pig iron, import, cfr Gulf of Mexico, US, was $392-395 per tonne on Friday, narrowing upward from $390-395 per tonne a week before.No new deals were reported in the spot market despite buyers'...Read More
The price for pig iron exports from Brazil went up again during the week to Friday November 20 on strong demand in both the export and domestic markets. Fastmarkets assessed the price of pig iron, export, fob port of Vitoria/Rio, Brazil at $390-395 per tonne on Friday, up from $375 per tonne a week ago.A sale was done to Mexico at about $390-395 per tonne fob, sources said. The carg...Read More
Soaring shipping costs have continued to push the manganese flake market up, with European prices jumping by more than 9% this past week to a nine-month high.Fastmarkets' assessment for manganese 99.7% electrolytic manganese flake, in-whs Rotterdam was at $1,800-1,850 per tonne on Friday November 20, up by 3% from the mid-week assessment of $1,750-1,795 per tonne and by 9.3% from $1,620-...Read More
Steel scrap prices have continued to increase in all the major international markets over the past week, amid tightening supply and continued demand for steel, sources said on Friday November 20.Turkish steelmakers returned to the import market, booking cargoes at higher pricesUS East Coast sales slow down, but prices remain highDemand for Vietnamese steel billet drives up scrap pricesTaiwanese mi...Read More
Demand for imported pig iron was low in the United States during the week to Friday November 20 but a global uptrend has stimulated market growth.Fastmarkets' price assessment for pig iron, import, cfr Gulf of Mexico, US, was $392-395 per tonne on Friday, narrowing upward from $390-395 per tonne a week before.No new deals were reported in the spot market despite buyers'...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 sentiment.Falling portside ore prices put additional downward pressure on both grades of material.Portside manganese ore prices of both grades ticked down....Read More
Chilean state-owned copper miner Codelco announced on Thursday November 20 that Andr?(C) Sougarret would return to the company in 2021 after a two-year stint with Colombia's Empresa Nacional de Miner?-a (Enami).Sougarret, widely known in the industry for his key role in the rescue of the 33 miners trapped at the San Jos?(C) mine in Chile in 2010, will become vice president of Codelco's northern op...Read More
After much anticipation and debate, the International Energy Exchange's bonded copper futures contract launched on Thursday November 19 to some fanfare and respectable volume.A total of 8,344 lots traded on the INE's 'BC' contract on Thursday, following up with another 4,893 on Friday, the majority for delivery in March.National Chinese copper behemoths Jiangxi Copper and Minmetals were among the...Read More
The three-month copper and lead London Metal Exchange prices ended the week on the rise, hitting June-2018 and January-2020 highs respectively at the 5pm close on Friday November 20, capitalizing on momentum-based trading which pushed the whole complex up. The three-month copper price closed at $7,277.50 per tonne on Friday, up by 2.6% from Thursday's closing price of $7.093 per tonne, surpassing...Read More
After much anticipation and debate, the International Energy Exchange's bonded copper futures contract launched on Thursday November 19 to some fanfare and respectable volume.A total of 8,344 lots traded on the INE's 'BC' contract on Thursday, following up with another 4,893 on Friday, the majority for delivery in March.National Chinese copper behemoths Jiangxi Copper and Minmetals were among the...Read More
Seaborne premium hard coking coal prices in both fob DBCT and cfr Jingtang markets edged up on a daily basis on Friday November 20 although the ongoing restriction from China on Australian coal imports has caused a widening differential between the prices since late October. Fastmarkets indices Premium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $98.40 per tonne, up $0.82 per tonne Premium hard coking coal, cfr J...Read More
The three-month copper and lead London Metal Exchange prices ended the week on the rise, hitting June-2018 and January-2020 highs respectively at the 5pm close on Friday November 20, capitalizing on momentum-based trading which pushed the whole complex up. The three-month copper price closed at $7,277.50 per tonne on Friday, up by 2.6% from Thursday's closing price of $7.093 per tonne, surpassing...Read More
The price for pig iron exports from Brazil went up again during the week to Friday November 20 on strong demand in both the export and domestic markets. Fastmarkets assessed the price of pig iron, export, fob port of Vitoria/Rio, Brazil at $390-395 per tonne on Friday, up from $375 per tonne a week ago.A sale was done to Mexico at about $390-395 per tonne fob, sources said. The carg...Read More