Base Metal Stocks Articles

EUROPE SECTIONS: Northern EU prices widen upward

August 29, 2018 / Viral Shah

Prices for domestic hollow steel sections produced and delivered in Northern Europe widened upward by ?,?10 per tonne this week, sources told Metal Bulletin on Wednesday August 29....Read More

DAILY SCRAP REPORT: Turkish market quiet between holidays

August 29, 2018 / Cem Turken

Turkish steel producers went through Wednesday August 29 without making any bookings in the deep-sea market for scrap steel, due to holidays in the country....Read More

IRON ORE DAILY: Prices rise for high grades, lumps

August 29, 2018 / July Zhang

Seaborne iron ore transactions slowed down on Wednesday August 29 with higher prices reported for 65% Fe fines as well as lumps....Read More

BHP expects high-grade iron ore demand to sustain

August 29, 2018 / Alex Theo

BHP expects grade differentials to persist in the iron ore market, with iron units in ore and penalties for impurities expected to remain the key drivers of the trend....Read More

CIS STEEL BILLET: Price inches down amid new bookings

August 29, 2018 / Vlada Novokreshchenova

CIS export billet prices inched downward on Wednesday August 29 with several bookings heard done at lower values....Read More

Customer caution driving Iranian billet prices downward

August 29, 2018 / Vlada Novokreshchenova

Iranian export billet prices have decreased by $10-15 per tonne over the week ended Wednesday August 29, due to the reduced interest in Iranian material caused by the economic sanctions introduced by the United States against the Middle Eastern country in early August....Read More

CHINA REBAR: Domestic prices rise on strengthening billet, early futures gains

August 29, 2018 / Jessica Zong

China's domestic rebar prices increased on early-hour gains in the futures market as well as that in that for billet, though trading activity remained mixed in different regions. ...Read More

Molybdenum market price spreads widen on slow trading

August 29, 2018 / Declan Conway

Price spreads widened in the European molybdenum markets in the middle of the week that began on Monday August 27, after easing the week before, sources told Metal Bulletin this week....Read More

EUROPE SECTIONS: Northern EU prices widen upward

August 29, 2018 / Viral Shah

Prices for domestic hollow steel sections produced and delivered in Northern Europe widened upward by ?,?10 per tonne this week, sources told Metal Bulletin on Wednesday August 29....Read More

Section 232 tariffs unaltered by US-Mexico trade agreement

August 29, 2018 / Felipe Peroni

A preliminary trade deal between the United States and Mexico will not affect the former's existing Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, Mexico's Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo has said.Since June, Mexican steel exports into the US have been subjected to a 25% duty while aluminium shipments incurred a 10% tariff. These followed the US's Section 232 investigation on whether...Read More

BHP expects high-grade iron ore demand to sustain

August 29, 2018 / Alex Theo

BHP expects grade differentials to persist in the iron ore market, with iron units in ore and penalties for impurities expected to remain the key drivers of the trend....Read More

Section 232 tariffs unaltered by US-Mexico trade agreement

August 29, 2018 / Felipe Peroni

A preliminary trade deal between the United States and Mexico will not affect the former's existing Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, Mexico's Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo has said.Since June, Mexican steel exports into the US have been subjected to a 25% duty while aluminium shipments incurred a 10% tariff. These followed the US's Section 232 investigation on whether...Read More

Molybdenum market price spreads widen on slow trading

August 29, 2018 / Declan Conway

Price spreads widened in the European molybdenum markets in the middle of the week that began on Monday August 27, after easing the week before, sources told Metal Bulletin this week....Read More

CIS STEEL BILLET: Price inches down amid new bookings

August 29, 2018 / Vlada Novokreshchenova

CIS export billet prices inched downward on Wednesday August 29 with several bookings heard done at lower values....Read More

LIVE FUTURES REPORT 29/08: Most LME base metals prices pressured by trade woes; ali climbs 1.7%

August 29, 2018 / Hassan Butt

Base metal prices on the London Metal Exchange were largely lower at the close of trading on Wednesday August 29, pressured by investor uncertainty over US-Sino trade relations while positive second-quarter GDP growth indicated strength in the US economy. ...Read More

TITANIUM SNAPSHOT: Ferro-titanium prices jump 4% on persistent low supply; scrap prices steady

August 29, 2018 / Declan Conway

Key data from the Wednesday August 29 pricing session in Europe. ...Read More

NORTH AMERICAN MORNING BRIEF 29/08: US copper contract talks kick off; Section 232 tariffs unaffected by US-Mexico agreement

August 29, 2018 / Julian Luk

The latest news and price moves to start the North American day on Wednesday August 29. ...Read More

EUROPEAN MORNING BRIEF 29/08: SHFE copper, nickel prices rise; global aluminium wrap; LME tin's nearby spread swings to contango

August 29, 2018 / Violet Li

Good morning from Metal Bulletin's offices in Asia as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Wednesday August 29.Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange gave a mixed performance during Asian morning trading on Wednesday, with copper and nickel recording respectable gains while the rest of the complex weakened. The most-traded October copper contract on the SHFE stood at 48...Read More

LIVE FUTURES REPORT 29/08: Most LME base metals prices pressured by trade woes; ali climbs 1.7%

August 29, 2018 / Hassan Butt

Base metal prices on the London Metal Exchange were largely lower at the close of trading on Wednesday August 29, pressured by investor uncertainty over US-Sino trade relations while positive second-quarter GDP growth indicated strength in the US economy. ...Read More

LIVE FUTURES REPORT 29/08: Comex copper price retreats in midweek session

August 29, 2018 / Dalton Barker

Comex copper prices failed to hold onto weekly gains in morning trading on Wednesday August 29 with a stronger dollar proving a headwind. ...Read More

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