Key data from the pricing session in the week ending Friday August 31. ...Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Read More
Key data from the pricing session in the week ending Friday August 31. ...Read More
Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan was to take up his duties as the new chief executive officer of Vedanta Resources on Friday August 31, replacing interim CEO Kuldip Kaura, according to a company statement issued on the same date....Read More
Chinese silico-manganese production jumped 22% month on month in July, wiping out June production cuts and driving global supply to its highest level since January. ...Read More
An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons for any price moves.Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Read More
Alloy steel scrap prices in Europe were unchanged this week for all grades, although there was growing pressure on prices for chrome steel scrap grades, sources told Metal Bulletin on Friday August 31....Read More
Metal Bulletin reviews the major stories that have affected the steel market over the week ending Friday August 31....Read More
Prices for light iron scrap in the UK have stabilized over the past week and little change is expected ahead of consumer settlements that are likely to drop for deliveries in September, sources told Metal Bulletin on Friday August 31....Read More
Comex copper prices sank for the third consecutive session on Friday August 31 morning in the US, with ongoing fears of an escalating trade war and a stronger dollar applying pressure to the complex once again....Read More
The rebounds in the base metals have paused in recent days; we wait to see if the better-than-expected Chinese official manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) acts as a boost as we approach September and the end of the summer slowdown. The PMI edged up to 51.3 in August from 51.2 in July, but it also came in better than the 51.0 that was expected. Three-month base metals prices on the Lond...Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Read More
Metal Bulletin's lithium market reporter, Martim Facada, and price development manager, Jon Mulcahy, explain the indicators that allowed for the transition from an assessment-based pricing mechanism to an index, for the Chinese domestic lithium carbonate market.Metal Bulletin Group has developed a clear and rigorous price discovery process throughout its history of more than 100 years. This price...Read More
Metal Bulletin reviews the major stories that have affected the steel market over the week ending Friday August 31....Read More
Italian steel trade unions have announced company-wide strike action at troubled Italian steelmaker Ilva, to take place on Tuesday September 11, four unions said in a joint statement on Friday August 31.The statement was co-signed by Fim-Cisl, Fiom-Cgil, Uilm and Usb.The decision to strike comes amid continued uncertainty over the future of the flat steel producer, after Luigi Di Maio, Italy's min...Read More
Prices for coated steel coil products in Turkey decreased in the week ended Friday August 31, with sentiment turning negative after the Turkish lira started to lose further value after the week-long Eid al-Adha religious holiday of last week....Read More
Metal Bulletin reviews the major stories that have affected the steel market over the week ending Friday August 31....Read More
Domestic prices for rebar in Poland have been stable over the week, while the mills are aiming at higher prices, sources told Metal Bulletin....Read More
Metal Bulletin's Turkey domestic rebar and Turkey domestic wire rod price assessments, which have been changed from $ per tonne to Turkish lira per tonne, will include 18% VAT. Following from the previous pricing notice, the Turkish domestic market trades rebar and wire rod in Turkish lira and with 18% VAT included, therefore; Metal Bulletin's price assessments for these products will also include...Read More