SHANGHAI, Apr 20 (SMM) –Copper: As most base metals went down overnight, LME copper dipped from highs to close at $6,962/mt. Technically, it remained above the 60-day moving average and touched the upper Bollinger Band. SHFE copper hit the 40-day moving average above with the five- and 10-day moving average rising. We expect LME copper to trade at $6,930-6,980/mt and SHFE 1805 at 51,200-51,7...Read More
Adem Tumerkan April 20, 2018 Category: Research Nickel prices over the last year have been rallying - it's up over 15% in the last week alone. Even though nickel prices have soared to a three-year high – it still has a long way to go. . .I wrote about the opportunity in nickel months ago for our readers when the price was 11% less than it is today.Why am I so sure things are just g...Read More
SHANGHAI, Apr 20 (SMM) – This is a roundup of global macroeconomic news last night and what is expected today.Last nightAs US treasury yield rates climb and upbeat momentum from an anticipated hike in interest rate buoyed the market, the US dollar index rose and closed at 89.879 overnight. It hit a high through the week at one point.Base metals fell across the board as th...Read More
SHANGHAI, Apr 20 (SMM) –Copper: As most base metals went down overnight, LME copper dipped from highs to close at $6,962/mt. Technically, it remained above the 60-day moving average and touched the upper Bollinger Band. SHFE copper hit the 40-day moving average above with the five- and 10-day moving average rising. We expect LME copper to trade at $6,930-6,980/mt and SHFE 1805 at 51,200-51,7...Read More
Base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange have come under downward pressure this morning, Friday April 20, with the complex posting an average loss of 1.1% amid healthy trading volumes. Nickel (-2.9%) and aluminium (-1.1%) have been hit the most, which is not surprising after the substantial gains both metals made earlier this week. They remain the star performers in the week to date, with a...Read More
The European Commission (EC) has decided to extend its existing anti-dumping duty of 60.4% on imports of China-origin steel ropes and cables, it said on Thursday April 19.The anti-dumping tariffs were set in 1999 and the latest decision comes after the third expiry review, extending measures at the same level for a further five years."The expiry review investigation found evidence that dumping fro...Read More
Global aluminium billet premiums were mostly higher this month, with US Treasury Department sanctions against Russian aluminium producer UC Rusal impacting the billet market. European premiums were most affected, with Germany and Italy billet premiums climbing by more than 40%. Brazil's import premium climbed to its highest level since December 2015, and the US upcharge hit its all-time high.Rusal...Read More
Glencore-owned Access World has delisted 12 of its 20 London Metal Exchange-registered warehouses in Vlissingen in The Netherlands amid outflows of aluminium stocks after sanctions were imposed by the United States on Russian producer UC Rusal.The LME announced the delisting in a notice to members on Friday April 20. This leaves Access World with just eight LME-listed warehouses in Vlissingen, whi...Read More
Prices for hot-rolled coil (HRC) imported into India from South Korea have fallen by about $30 per tonne in the past month, with a southern India-based end-user booking a large shipment at $660-665 per tonne cfr Chennai port this week.Importers based in the northern port of Mumbai were unsuccessful in booking the South Korean shipment, which comprised about 25,000 tonnes of HRC, although it was fi...Read More
After a week of strong rallies, nickel and aluminium closed the week lower on the London Metal Exchange, with the rest of the complex steady.Nickel's three-month price fell 1.6% to below the $15,000 per tonne mark, with volumes traded at 8,761 lots - much lower than the mid-week figure of 23,000 lots. The metal climbed to a high of $16,690 per tonne but struggled to find support after specula...Read More
The latest metal markets news and price moves to start the North American day on Friday April 20.Base metals held firm on the London Metal Exchange during morning trading, but the nickel price retreated back below $15,000 per tonne on profit-taking.Here's how LME base metals prices looked at 11.50am London time: "Base metals may experience more profit-taking today because most investors will be in...Read More
Good morning from Metal Bulletin's office in Shanghai as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Friday April 20.Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were broadly down during Asian morning trading on Friday, the exception being tin, which was marginally up on supply concerns due to export issues in Indonesia.Aluminium and nickel have undergone a particularly steep pullba...Read More
Marketing director Alex Tattersall has left UC Rusal's subsidiary in Zug, Switzerland, where uncertainty is high following sanctions imposed by the United States, well-informed sources said. The outlook for Rusal's US subsidiary, Rusal America Corp, is equally uncertain, although market rumors that the US office was officially shutting down this week were denied by Rusal's director of global expor...Read More
After a week of strong rallies, nickel and aluminium closed the week lower on the London Metal Exchange, with the rest of the complex steady.Nickel's three-month price fell 1.6% to below the $15,000 per tonne mark, with volumes traded at 8,761 lots - much lower than the mid-week figure of 23,000 lots. The metal climbed to a high of $16,690 per tonne but struggled to find support after specula...Read More
Comex copper prices experienced a modest gain Friday April 20 morning the US, with a surging dollar capping the potential upside. Copper for May settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange inched up 0.25 cents or 0.1% to $3.1345 per lb. "While supply should remain tight, we expect a pick-up in seasonal demand...Read More
Prices and trading activity in the physical iron ore market faltered on Friday April 20 after surging a day earlier.Metal Bulletin 62% Fe Iron Ore Index: $67.09 per tonne cfr Qingdao, down by $1.39 per tonneMetal Bulletin 58% Fe Premium Index: $55.68 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up by $0.76 per tonneMetal Bulletin 65% Fe Iron Ore Index: $84.90 per tonne cfr Qingdao, down by $1.60 per tonneMetal Bulletin...Read More
The light iron scrap market in the UK was unchanged for a second week in a row in the seven days to Friday April 20, with steady domestic demand counteracting a drop in export prices to key destinations such as the Turkey and the Indian subcontinent.The market has been stable for two weeks after price losses on the European export market in late March and early April.Metal Bulletin's weekly price...Read More
Ferrous scrap prices in the bulk sector dipped during the working week ended Friday April 20 due to downward pressure from Turkish import prices, which fell midweek in several trades for material from the United States and the Baltic Sea.But this downward trend was not seen in the containerized scrap import market. Taiwanese scrap import prices remained flat on sparse trading this week, while the...Read More
Hydro has halved bauxite output at its Paragominas mine in Brazil due to a government-imposed production cut at the company's Alunorte alumina refinery.Alunorte was ordered to operate at 50% of capacity in late February due to concerns that severe rainfall in Brazil's northern state of Par?? had resulted in water contamination from the refinery.Hydro has disputed the alleged contamination,&nb...Read More
A roundup of changes to aluminium billet premiums, as assessed by Metal Bulletin, in the past month.Read More