Indian domestic prices for steel hot-rolled coil have risen by about 1,500 rupees ($20) per tonne in the week to Friday October 22, with most mills announcing price rises.Mills raised their HRC prices with demand increasing on active restocking by traders and a sharp increase in spot prices.Mills had raised their domestic HRC prices by about 1,000 rupees per tonne in the second week of October.The...Read More
Unites States steelmaker Cleveland-Cliffs plans to increase its share of the US domestic prime scrap market amid increasing demand and the failure of the country's own manufacturing supply to keep up, the company's chairman, president and chief executive officer said.Lourenco Goncalves told a conference call for the Cleveland, Ohio-based company's third quarter earnings that the company didn't hav...Read More
European steel companies must scale up their decarbonization technologies within the coming decade or risk exhausting their allocated emissions allowances early, according to a report released on Tuesday September 14.The report, "Steeling for Net Zero," by climate researcher Industry Tracker, found that selected European steel companies have less than 26% of their carbon budget remaining and must...Read More
Spot prices for hot-rolled coil in China fell sharply on Friday October 22 following the tumble in futures prices on Thursday triggered by Beijing's moves to rein in soaring coal prices.Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 5,550-5,600 yuan ($869-877) per tonne, down by 150-160 yuan per tonne Northern China (Tangshan) weekly assessment: 5,550-5,620 yuan ($869-880) per tonne, down by 160-170 yu...Read More
Unites States steelmaker Cleveland-Cliffs plans to increase its share of the US domestic prime scrap market amid increasing demand and the failure of the country's own manufacturing supply to keep up, the company's chairman, president and chief executive officer said.Lourenco Goncalves told a conference call for the Cleveland, Ohio-based company's third quarter earnings that the company didn't hav...Read More
The price for grade 18/8 alloy steel scrap increased due to higher nickel costs, while underlying market fundamentals remained stable, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday October 22.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for stainless steel scrap 18/8 solids domestic, delivered merchants UK was ?1,340-1,440 ($1,850-1,988) per tonne on Friday, up by ?10-40 per tonne from ?1,330-1,400 per tonne the...Read More
Unites States steelmaker Cleveland-Cliffs plans to increase its share of the US domestic prime scrap market amid increasing demand and the failure of the country's own manufacturing supply to keep up, the company's chairman, president and chief executive officer said.Lourenco Goncalves told a conference call for the Cleveland, Ohio-based company's third quarter earnings that the company didn't hav...Read More
The collapse of the iron ore market and market turbulence over Chinese property developer Evergrande Group are adding to the economic woes caused by the Delta variant of Covid-19 for much of this year.It is hard to find bright sparks in the months ahead for the ferrous supply chain, which has been buffeted repeatedly in a short span of few months, starting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's comment...Read More
Prices achieved in export deals for pig iron from the Commonwealth of Independent States region continued to rise in the week to Thursday October 21, supported by limited allocations of material and bullish expectations for the future price trend.A large volume of pig iron originating from eastern Ukraine was sold at $530 per tonne fob Black Sea to several traders early this week, Fastmarkets hear...Read More
Coated steel coil prices in Turkey jumped again during the week to Friday October 22 and some producers are no longer accepting new orders, sources told Fastmarkets.Some coated coil producers have stopped accepting orders because of the sharp rise in the price of hot-rolled coil, the base product for coated coil.Fastmarkets' assessment of steel hot-rolled coil, domestic, exw Turkey was $900-930 pe...Read More
Indian domestic prices for steel hot-rolled coil have risen by about 1,500 rupees ($20) per tonne in the week to Friday October 22, with most mills announcing price rises.Mills raised their HRC prices with demand increasing on active restocking by traders and a sharp increase in spot prices.Mills had raised their domestic HRC prices by about 1,000 rupees per tonne in the second week of October.The...Read More
An overview of the aerospace materials markets and the latest price moves in the week to Friday October 22.Jessica Long, Zihao Li and Ruby...Read More
Spot prices for hot-rolled coil in China fell sharply on Friday October 22 following the tumble in futures prices on Thursday triggered by Beijing's moves to rein in soaring coal prices.Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 5,550-5,600 yuan ($869-877) per tonne, down by 150-160 yuan per tonne Northern China (Tangshan) weekly assessment: 5,550-5,620 yuan ($869-880) per tonne, down by 160-170 yu...Read More
An overview of the new energy materials markets and their price moves in the week to Friday October 22.Susan Zou, Yingchi Yang and...Read More
China's domestic rebar prices fell sharply on Friday October 22 following a drop in the futures market, but the lower prices stimulated an increase in buying interest.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 5,300-5,350 yuan ($829-837) per tonne, down by 330 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing) weekly assessment: 5,240-5,270 yuan per tonne, down by 360-380 yuan per tonneThe January rebar futures contra...Read More
Hot-rolled and cold-rolled coil prices continued to surge in Turkey during the week to Friday October 22, supported by strong demand, sources told Fastmarkets.Flat steel prices started increasing in Turkey last week following the spike in scrap prices.Scrap prices have increased further over the past week, with Fastmarkets' daily index for steel scrap HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix) United States origin, cfr...Read More
London Metal Exchange base metals prices were mostly lower at the 5pm close on October 22, with investors looking to book profits from peaks reached earlier in the week. Aluminium's three-month price rolled back most of the gains made so far this month, with its closing price on Friday at 5pm, at $2,868 per tonne, being the lowest since October 6, with more than 37,000 lots traded. The metal...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices corrected upward on Friday October 22 after a sharp decrease on Thursday amid continuous bearish outlook for iron ore demand.Fastmarkets iron ore indices62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $119.52 per tonne, up $2.59 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $120.89 per tonne, up $2.21 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $92.38 per tonne, up $3.40 per tonne...Read More
European trade groups warned about the potentially "catastrophic impact" of a Chinese magnesium supply shortage on metals producers in the region, calling on the European Commission and national governments to take immediate action to mitigate the risks to industry.The groups - European Aluminium, European steel association Eurofer, European Automobile Manufacturers' Association, European metals a...Read More
Vale has restarted a conveyor belt at its Salobo copper mine in Brazil following an 18-day stoppage due to a fire, the multi-metal producer said on Friday October 22.Activities at the site's processing plant resumed on Friday, and the company will subsequently ramp up copper concentrate output on Monday October 25.An estimated 8,000 tonnes of copper production was lost because of that downtime, Va...Read More