The price of ferrous scrap in Mexico's northern Monterrey region increased in the week ended Tuesday August 13, while prices in the southern Baj?-o region remained stable, Fastmarkets has learned.Fastmarkets' assessment for steel scrap No1 busheling, consumer buying price, delivered mill Monterrey, was 4,850 pesos ($248) per tonne on August 13, up from 4,700 pesos per tonne a week before, while th...Read More
The Turkish deep-sea scrap markets were unchanged today while trading paused in the country due to the Eid al-Adha religious holiday, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday August 13.The Turkish market and those in other Middle Eastern territories will be closed until August 15 for Eid al-Adha; no new cargoes are expected...Read More
The UK ferrous scrap market for deliveries to domestic consumers in August has settled with prices unchanged for the third month in a row, balanced between relatively tight supply and low key demand, Fastmarkets heard on Tuesday August 13.The uncertainty about underlying consumption in the UK and Europe, because of weaker manufacturing, helped to confirm the downward trend. And the weakness of ste...Read More
The economic and geopolitical clouds are getting more widespread and darker with unrest in Hong Kong and debt default concerns in Argentina adding to market concerns that are already stressed by the continuing US-China trade dispute, poor global economic data, stalemate over Iran and the potential for a hard Brexit. Gold has pushed up to another fresh multi-year high on Tuesday August 13, but some...Read More
Under the cloud of the continuing US/China trade dispute, which has no end in sight and is weighing on global economic activity, market sentiment is subdued. But numerous events are buffeting prices - with nickel supported by short-covering and fresh buying against concerns about present and future supplies, while copper mine supplies may be affected by strikes at ports in Peru. Zinc and tin, rema...Read More
Revenue at lithium producer Livent increased in the second quarter of 2019 on higher volumes of lithium compounds sold, which offset the lower prices achieved.North American lithium producer Livent's revenue increased by 5.7% in the second quarter of 2019 to $114 million, from $107.9 million in the corresponding quarter of last year.Higher volumes of material sold partially offset the lower prices...Read More
Albemarle has put its lithium production expansion plans on hold due to current market oversupply and lower prices, Luke Kissam, the company chief executive officer said. Changes to China's new energy vehicles (NEVs) subsidies, shifts in cathode chemistry and the oversupply of lithium carbonate have raised concerns among the energy storage value chain, Kissam said during the company's second-quart...Read More
The export market for Commonwealth of Independent (CIS)-origin hot-rolled coil and cold-rolled coil were slow on pessimistic buyers' mood, sources told Fastmarkets on Monday August 12.Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel HRC, export, fob Black Sea, CIS was $470-485 per tonne on Monday, unchanged week on week."Local markets in the key outlets are weak, in such conditions import price should go d...Read More
China's hot-rolled coil prices rose on Tuesday August 13 after trading picked up a day earlier, though some mills lowered their export offers in an attempt to secure sales.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,700-3,710 yuan ($525-526) per tonne, up 40 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tangshan): 3,700 yuan per tonne, up 30-50 yuan per tonneMills in northern China raised their ex-works offers by around...Read More
Some market participants expect China's hot-rolled coil prices to rebound in the near future, bolstered by stronger trading, although ex-works prices in northern China dropped on Monday August 12.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,660-3,670 yuan ($519-521) per tonne, up 20 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tangshan): 3,650-3,670 yuan per tonne, down 30-50 yuan per tonneSpot prices in Shangh...Read More
China exported 2,807 tonne of ferro-vanadium (basis 75% vanadium) in the first half of 2019, a drop of 17.9% from 3,419 tonnes over the same period in 2018, according to official but unconfirmed data seen by Fastmarkets. The pronounced year-on-year dip in the export of ferro-vanadium was mainly due to a higher Chinese price compared with its European counterpart for most of the first half of the y...Read More
Import prices for rebar in Singapore dipped in the past week with buyers staying away from the spot market on expectations of further decreases due to a weakening of the raw materials sector upstream.The weekly Fastmarkets price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar) import, cfr Singapore - which mainly looks at cargoes sold into Singapore on a theoretical-weight basis - was $480-485 per ton...Read More
China's domestic rebar prices picked up some strength on Tuesday August 13 amid early gains in the futures market. Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,650-3,680 yuan ($517-521) per tonne, up 20 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 3,610-3,640 yuan per tonne, up 10 yuan per tonneRebar futures picked up late on Monday and stayed high for the rest of the day. The most-traded October contract stay...Read More
The price of ferrous scrap in Mexico's northern Monterrey region increased in the week ended Tuesday August 13, while prices in the southern Baj?-o region remained stable, Fastmarkets has learned.Fastmarkets' assessment for steel scrap No1 busheling, consumer buying price, delivered mill Monterrey, was 4,850 pesos ($248) per tonne on August 13, up from 4,700 pesos per tonne a week before, while th...Read More
The Turkish deep-sea scrap markets were unchanged today while trading paused in the country due to the Eid al-Adha religious holiday, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday August 13.The Turkish market and those in other Middle Eastern territories will be closed until August 15 for Eid al-Adha; no new cargoes are expected...Read More
The UK ferrous scrap market for deliveries to domestic consumers in August has settled with prices unchanged for the third month in a row, balanced between relatively tight supply and low key demand, Fastmarkets heard on Tuesday August 13.The uncertainty about underlying consumption in the UK and Europe, because of weaker manufacturing, helped to confirm the downward trend. And the weakness of ste...Read More
CIS steel billet export prices fell this week after a lack of trading activity, caused by the summer lull in most key destinations, combined with a general downtrend in scrap values, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday August 13.Some CIS mills were offering billet at about $410 per tonne fob Black Sea on Tuesday, but other producers preferred to take wait-and-see position befor...Read More
Import prices for steel slab in Southeast Asia and East Asia remained stable over the past week despite weaker currencies in some markets following a flare-up in trade tensions between China and the United States.The Taiwanese dollar was trading at NT$31.41 to $1 on August 13, compared with NT$31.05 to $1 a month earlier, while Indonesia's currency moved to 14,245 rupiah per $1 on August...Read More
China's domestic rebar prices picked up some strength on Tuesday August 13 amid early gains in the futures market. Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,650-3,680 yuan ($517-521) per tonne, up 20 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 3,610-3,640 yuan per tonne, up 10 yuan per tonneRebar futures picked up late on Monday and stayed high for the rest of the day. The most-traded October contract stay...Read More
The Chinese ferro-silicon market softened over the past week in line with weaker demand, in turn fueling expectations of further price weakness in the near term.In Europe, however, the ferro-silicon market was steady after recording a small bounce in the prior week after suppliers held their offer prices ahead of expected uptick in demand. Chinese market prepares for further losses Europe awaits r...Read More