Turkish domestic steel scrap prices have continued to increase over the past week amid rising imported scrap values, sources said on Monday July 27.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel scrap, auto bundle scrap, domestic, delivered Turkey, was 1,720-1,975 lira ($251-288) per tonne on Monday, up from last week's 1,660-1,940 lira per tonne.The Turkish steel producers have raised their buy p...Read More
Gold is setting fresh record highs with prices having been as high as $1,943.70 per oz this morning, Monday July 27, while the base metals on the London Metal Exchange were up by an average of 0.8%. Hopes and fears are driving the markets, with the hope of further United States stimulus underpinning equites and industrial metals, while concerns about the US-China diplomatic relations and how the o...Read More
Will a call via social media for "more nickel" give a jolt to the electric vehicle (EV) revolution that has been stalled by the Covid-19 pandemic? Or will suppliers find themselves unable to fulfil the dreams of entrepreneur Elon Musk?The three-month price of nickel on the London Metal Exchange has jumped by 6% since Musk, chief executive officer of EV producer Tesla, made a public plea for global...Read More
Diversified downstream requirements on costs and performance will point to the need for different battery chemistries, but in the long run, nickel-rich batteries will dominate the electric vehicle (EV) market, delegates heard during Fastmarkets' "A critical look into the impact of Covid-19 on cathode materials" webinar on Tuesday July 21. Most of the new demand for EV batteries last year were for...Read More
Brazilian apparent steel consumption is set to fall by 14.4% in 2020 as first-half figures were largely affected by restrictions put in place to limit the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, the national steelmakers' association, Instituto A??o Brasil, said on Monday July 27.Consumption is expected to total 17.96 million tonnes this year, compared with 20.98 million tonnes in 2019, the association st...Read More
Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in Northern Europe increased day on day on Monday July 27 despite a seasonal decline in demand, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, was calculated at ?,?409.66 ($477.38) per tonne on Monday, up by ?,?1.45 per tonne from ?,?408.21 per tonne on July 24.Monday's index was based on deals heard...Read More
Domestic prices for steel hot-rolled coil continued to recover in Northern Europe in the week ended Friday July 24, although at a slower pace due to the start of the seasonal market slowdown.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, was calculated at ?,?408.21 ($475.69) per tonne on Friday, up by ?,?0.68 per tonne week on week and by ?,?13.84 per tonne month on...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday July 27 that are worth another look.No spot trading was heard for imported rebar into Singapore in the week to July 27, due to high inventory levels and weak downstream demand, market sources told Fastmarkets.Will a call via social media...Read More
Brazilian apparent steel consumption is set to fall by 14.4% in 2020 as first-half figures were largely affected by restrictions put in place to limit the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, the national steelmakers' association, Instituto A??o Brasil, said on Monday July 27.Consumption is expected to total 17.96 million tonnes this year, compared with 20.98 million tonnes in 2019, the association st...Read More
Finished steel import volumes into the United States again dropped both month on month and year on year in June, reflecting a lack of interest in foreign products due to weak steel market fundamentals.US finished steel imports totaled 1.3 million tonnes in June, down by 22.8% from 1.6 million tonnes in May and down by 31.8% from 1.8 million tonnes in June 2019, according to preliminary Census data...Read More
Turkish domestic steel scrap prices have continued to increase over the past week amid rising imported scrap values, sources said on Monday July 27.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel scrap, auto bundle scrap, domestic, delivered Turkey, was 1,720-1,975 lira ($251-288) per tonne on Monday, up from last week's 1,660-1,940 lira per tonne.The Turkish steel producers have raised their buy p...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices were down on Monday July 27, prompted by uncertainty over the short-term outlook due to escalating political tensions between the United States and China, according to trade sources. Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $107.68 per tonne, down $1.71 per tonne. 62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $109.66 per tonne, down $1.90 per tonne. 58% Fe fines hi...Read More
The United States government has been threatening to reduce an existing quota for imports of semi-finished steel products from Brazil in 2020, national steel institute A??o Brasil said on Monday July 27.US representatives are considering the possibility of blocking the fourth quarter quota for semi-finished steel, which would prevent around 351,000 tonnes of Brazil-origin slab and billet from bein...Read More
CIS export steel slab prices continued to increase in the week to Monday July 27, supported by the revival of trading activity in the Turkish market.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel slab, export, fob Black Sea, CIS, was $400 per tonne on July 27, up from $385-390 per tonne week on week.In the first half of last week, several cargoes of Ukrainian slab totaling 45,000 tonnes were heard...Read More
Brazilian apparent steel consumption is set to fall by 14.4% in 2020 as first-half figures were largely affected by restrictions put in place to limit the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, the national steelmakers' association, Instituto A??o Brasil, said on Monday July 27.Consumption is expected to total 17.96 million tonnes this year, compared with 20.98 million tonnes in 2019, the association st...Read More
The United States government has been threatening to reduce an existing quota for imports of semi-finished steel products from Brazil in 2020, national steel institute A??o Brasil said on Monday July 27.US representatives are considering the possibility of blocking the fourth quarter quota for semi-finished steel, which would prevent around 351,000 tonnes of Brazil-origin slab and billet from bein...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday July 27 that are worth another look.No spot trading was heard for imported rebar into Singapore in the week to July 27, due to high inventory levels and weak downstream demand, market sources told Fastmarkets.Will a call via social media...Read More
Brazilian apparent steel consumption is set to fall by 14.4% in 2020 as first-half figures were largely affected by restrictions put in place to limit the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, the national steelmakers' association, Instituto A??o Brasil, said on Monday July 27.Consumption is expected to total 17.96 million tonnes this year, compared with 20.98 million tonnes in 2019, the association st...Read More
The United States government has been threatening to reduce an existing quota for imports of semi-finished steel products from Brazil in 2020, national steel institute A??o Brasil said on Monday July 27.US representatives are considering the possibility of blocking the fourth quarter quota for semi-finished steel, which would prevent around 351,000 tonnes of Brazil-origin slab and billet from bein...Read More
Offer prices for exports of steel rebar and wire rod from the CIS region trended upward in the second half of July, with mills citing increased scrap costs and long steel prices in Turkey, but trading activity was limited amid thin demand in the majority of markets.Rebar offers from the CIS region were heard at $430 per tonne fob Black Sea in the week ended Friday July 24, against $410 per tonne f...Read More