Market fundamentals are unlikely to support the recent rise in ferrous scrap prices, the International Rebar Producers & Exporters Association (Irepas) said in its latest short-range outlook this week.Fastmarkets' daily scrap index for Northern Europe-origin HMS 1&2 (80:20) imported into Turkey rose to $296.41 per tonne cfr on Monday July 8, up from $292.09 per tonne cfr&...Read More
India's Ministry of Steel is seeking stakeholder feedback by July 14 on a draft steel scrap policy that aims to reduce the country's reliance on imports by establishing a network of recycling centers to collect and process ferrous scrap. The policy framework aims to provide standard guidelines for collection, dismantling and shredding activities in an organized, safe and environmentally sound mann...Read More
Base metals prices were generally lower in the early trading hours of Tuesday July 9, amid concerns over the prolonged US-China trade dispute, geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, the continued sell-off in major equity indices and persistently weak economic data. Market expectations of a more substantial 50 basis points rate cut by the US Federal Reserve Bank in its upcoming Federal Open Mark...Read More
Fastmarkets has made changes to the specification of its cobalt hydroxide payable indicator - namely, to widen the payment window. Following a one-month consultation period that ended on Friday July 5, Fastmarkets has amended the payment window to include trades agreed on the basis of the following month's average metal price (M+1). Previously, the payment window only included trades agreed on the...Read More
The price of CRC imports to the United Arab Emirates edged up this week, while HRC and HDG import prices went in the opposite direction on continuing sluggish demand caused by the annual slowdown in the construction sector.UAE Offers for hot-rolled coil imports to the UAE came in at $510 per tonne cfr for material imported from China, with deals for cargoes over 10,00...Read More
Export prices for Chinese cold-rolled coil and hot-dipped galvanized coil experienced an uptick in the week to Tuesday July 9, although market participants expressed doubts that the recent uptrend was sustainable. Flat steel prices in China rebounded after production curbs were announced in the country's steelmaking hub of Tangshan."I believe prices will not rise further because there are no...Read More
In the process of standardizing the names of its prices, Fastmarkets has found that the range of thicknesses was displaying incorrectly in the name of its CIS steel heavy plate export price.In the Fastmarkets price name for CIS steel heavy plate exports fob Black Sea, the plate thickness had been listed as 10-50mm. The correct thickness, as properly specified in the Fastmarkets ferrous methodology...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Tuesday July 9 that are worth another look.Sinking product prices across the copper value chain are eroding processing margins for custom copper smelters, causing uncertainty as well as driving investments and consolidation in the industry. The United States' Section 232 tariffs have benefited certain steel producers but mostly negative...Read More
Prices for imported billet in the United Arab Emirates have increased over the past seven days, but demand was still weak, sources said on Tuesday July 9.The reason for the higher prices for billet was increases in the prices for raw materials.Fastmarkets' daily index for steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), North Europe origin, cfr Turkey, was calculated at $296.41 per tonne on July 8, compared with...Read More
European wire rod processors are demanding an increase in the EU's safeguard quota for imports of the material, the European Non-Integrated Wire Rod Processors Association (Eunirpa) said on Tuesday July 9."We urgently call on the policymakers to support the repeal of the safeguard measures imposed on wire rod, or at the very least to adjust significantly upward the level of the current quotas," Eu...Read More
Turkish mills have resumed their deep-sea scrap purchases for August shipments after a short break in negotiations, sources said on Tuesday July 9.A steel mill in the Iskenderun region booked a UK cargo, comprising 25,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $288 per tonne cfr.This compared with the most recent deep-sea cargo sold at $298.50 per tonne cfr for HMS 1&2 (80:20) from the Baltic Sea region on...Read More
Market fundamentals are unlikely to support the recent rise in ferrous scrap prices, the International Rebar Producers & Exporters Association (Irepas) said in its latest short-range outlook this week.Fastmarkets' daily scrap index for Northern Europe-origin HMS 1&2 (80:20) imported into Turkey rose to $296.41 per tonne cfr on Monday July 8, up from $292.09 per tonne cfr&...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices maintained their upward trend on Tuesday July 9, but low port inventories prompted concern among market participants.Fastmarkets' index for iron ore 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $121.57 per tonne, up by $3.19 per tonne.Fastmarkets' index for iron ore 62% Fe Pilbara Blend Fines, cfr Qingdao: $121.49 per tonne, up by $3.19 per tonne.Fastmarkets' index for iron ore 62% Fe low a...Read More
Prices for imported billet in the United Arab Emirates have increased over the past seven days, but demand was still weak, sources said on Tuesday July 9.The reason for the higher prices for billet was increases in the prices for raw materials.Fastmarkets' daily index for steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), North Europe origin, cfr Turkey, was calculated at $296.41 per tonne on July 8, compared with...Read More
Market fundamentals are unlikely to support the recent rise in ferrous scrap prices, the International Rebar Producers & Exporters Association (Irepas) said in its latest short-range outlook this week.Fastmarkets' daily scrap index for Northern Europe-origin HMS 1&2 (80:20) imported into Turkey rose to $296.41 per tonne cfr on Monday July 8, up from $292.09 per tonne cfr&...Read More
India's Ministry of Steel is seeking stakeholder feedback by July 14 on a draft steel scrap policy that aims to reduce the country's reliance on imports by establishing a network of recycling centers to collect and process ferrous scrap. The policy framework aims to provide standard guidelines for collection, dismantling and shredding activities in an organized, safe and environmentally sound mann...Read More
Some Egyptian steel mills have appealed against the decision to suspend the safeguard duties on steel billet and rebar taken by the country's Administrative Court last week, Fastmarkets understands.The appeal was made on Sunday July 7 and follow's July 4 court ruling suspending an earlier decision to impose safeguard duties on imports of rebar...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly directionless in afternoon trading on July 9 due to a stronger dollar index, up 0.13 to 97.50.This mixed consolidation in LME three-month prices has been broadly attributed to weak Chinese equities data and waning macro optimism in anticipation of a United States Federal Open Markets Committee decision on interest rates, expected on July...Read More
The price of CRC imports to the United Arab Emirates edged up this week, while HRC and HDG import prices went in the opposite direction on continuing sluggish demand caused by the annual slowdown in the construction sector.UAE Offers for hot-rolled coil imports to the UAE came in at $510 per tonne cfr for material imported from China, with deals for cargoes over 10,00...Read More
Prices for imported billet in the United Arab Emirates have increased over the past seven days, but demand was still weak, sources said on Tuesday July 9.The reason for the higher prices for billet was increases in the prices for raw materials.Fastmarkets' daily index for steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), North Europe origin, cfr Turkey, was calculated at $296.41 per tonne on July 8, compared with...Read More