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Here are five Fastmarkets MB that you might have missed on Friday January 10 that are worth another look.ArcelorMittal has increased its offer price for hot-rolled coil in Europe with immediate effect, sources told Fastmarkets on January 10.The waiting time for aluminium at Istim's warehouse in Port Klang, Malaysia rose to more than a month at the end of December 2019 compared with 11 days at the...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB that you might have missed on Friday January 10 that are worth another look.ArcelorMittal has increased its offer price for hot-rolled coil in Europe with immediate effect, sources told Fastmarkets on January 10.The waiting time for aluminium at Istim's warehouse in Port Klang, Malaysia rose to more than a month at the end of December 2019 compared with 11 days at the...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB that you might have missed on Friday January 10 that are worth another look.ArcelorMittal has increased its offer price for hot-rolled coil in Europe with immediate effect, sources told Fastmarkets on January 10.The waiting time for aluminium at Istim's warehouse in Port Klang, Malaysia rose to more than a month at the end of December 2019 compared with 11 days at the...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 12 points in pre-opening trade. Lululemon added $5.77 to $240.61 after the company raised its fourth quarter earnings and revenue guidance.Goldman Sachs gained $1.29 to $243.40 after JMP Securities upgraded the stock to Outperform from Market Perform. General Motors (GM $34.65) is expected to open higher after announci...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange consolidated higher at the close of trading on Friday January 10, edging slightly upward on moderately low turnover, while volatility in the aluminium complex saw strong stock moves make little change to its outright price.Aluminium's underlying price settled at $1,806 per tonne in the afternoon, a climb of just 0.1% over the day, while the total vol...Read More
The waiting time for aluminium at Istim's warehouse in Port Klang, Malaysia, rose to more than a month at the end of December 2019 compared with 11 days at the end of November, according to the latest LME queue report. Despite a flurry of deliveries into Port Klang warehouses at the start of December, more than 258,000 tonnes of material was canceled in the region between December 17 and the end o...Read More
Seaborne coking coal prices moved up sharply on Friday January 10 as Chinese participants continued to drive buying activity.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $153.53 per tonne, up $5.23 per tonnePremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $158.10 per tonne, up $0.75 per tonne Hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $122.33 per...Read More
Trading activity in the export market for CIS steel billet recovered somewhat in the second week of January with several cargoes reported sold to Africa.Nevertheless, the market still lacked clarity, with most customers holding back from purchasing activity and some suppliers still to announce new offer prices.Those producers which have opened their sales returned to the market with offers at the...Read More
An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons for any price moves.Read More
Prices for some aluminium scrap grades in the United States rose over the past week due to greater interest following the year-end holiday period and increased foreign buying."There's a cautious optimism to the start of year," one US seller said, adding that the manufacturing slowdown in the fourth quarter 2019 meant supply had tightened. "With additional units going overseas, the domestic smelter...Read More
Most secondary aluminium alloy prices in the United States moved higher this past week, boosted by growing appetite among Asian consumers for US non-ferrous scrap and secondary aluminium ingot, among other factors, Fastmarkets understands.Fastmarkets assessed the price for aluminium alloy A380.1, delivered Midwest US at 63-65 cents per lb on Thursday January 9, its highest since late September&nbs...Read More
An overview of the battery raw materialsmarkets and their price moves from the pastweek.Read More
Markus Hazell has moved from Gerald Metals to fellow London merchants Hartree Partners, Fastmarkets understands. Hazell, who was trading copper cathodes for Gerald Metals' European, Middle East and...Read More
The waiting time for aluminium at Istim's warehouse in Port Klang, Malaysia, rose to more than a month at the end of December 2019 compared with 11 days at the end of November, according to the latest LME queue report. Despite a flurry of deliveries into Port Klang warehouses at the start of December, more than 258,000 tonnes of material was canceled in the region between December 17 and the end o...Read More
Stocks of base metals in Shanghai Futures Exchange-approved warehouses were divided into two camps in the week to Friday January 10.Lead, copper and nickel registered declines in deliverable stocks, while tin, aluminium and zinc all logged increases. Copper registered a decline of 7,572 tonnes or 5.7% to 133,745 tonnes, according...Read More
Flat-steel import prices rose in South America following the market's return from year-end holidays, with mills and traders presenting offers for March shipment to the region."Steel prices have continued to climb, and we expected them to continue doing so up until the Chinese New Year [in late January]," one mill source said.Said one trader source: "On the demand side, consultations from both Chil...Read More
Galvanized and cold-rolled steel prices in the United States held steady while market participants pondered whether those prices would be propelled higher by the latest round of mill hikes and the demonstrated strength in hot-roll pricing. Sheet mills announced a round of $40-per-short-ton ($2-per-hundredweight) price increases on Wednesday January 8. Those hikes were not yet reflected in transact...Read More
Prices in the United States for domestically produced structural tubing were unchanged on Thursday January 9 despite tube mill hikes at the start of the month and a fresh round of flat-rolled mill increases this past week.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel hollow sections ASTM A500 Grade B domestic, fob mill US was at $890-920 per short ton ($44.50-46 per hundredweight) on Thursday, un...Read More