Sellers of physical copper are holding out for a higher premium for 2022 contracts in the United States.No major deals were reported by the end of the American Copper Council (ACC) fall meeting in Miami, Florida this past week, although there was talk of a US copper premium in the 10-cents-per-lb range.In the US, Fastmarkets assessed the copper grade 1 cathode premium, ddp Midwest US at 8-9 cents...Read More
Seaborne lithium prices continued to edge up in Asia on tight availability over the week to Thursday November 4, with momentum in China filtering through to the wider regional market.?EUR? Seaborne Asian battery-grade lithium hydroxide prices continued to make notable gains amid elevated offers.?EUR? Battery-grade lithium prices steady in China on strengthened optimism for LFP batteries.?EUR? Euro...Read More
An overview of the energy transition raw materials markets and their price moves in the week to Friday November 5.Susan Zou, Yingchi Yang and...Read More
An overview of the energy transition raw materials markets and their price moves in the week to Friday November 5.Susan Zou, Yingchi Yang and...Read More
An overview of the specialty steel raw materials markets in Europe and their latest price moves.Janie Davies, Dalila Ouerghi,...Read More
Fastmarkets opened a consultation on October 1, inviting feedback on its IOSCO-audited non-ferrous materials methodologies in line with our annual methodology review process.The consultation, which closed on October 31, sought to ensure that the specifications and methodology for our audited alumina, aluminium, cobalt, copper, lithium and manganese ore prices continue to reflect the physical marke...Read More
Prices for shredded steel scrap imported into Pakistan and India dipped on Friday November 5 after trading slowed for both markets, sources told Fastmarkets.PakistanFastmarkets calculated its weekly steel scrap, shredded, index, import, cfr Port Qasim, Pakistan, at $557.89 per tonne on Friday, compared with $563.74 per tonne one week previous.Deals were heard at $552-562 per tonne in the reported...Read More
The downward pressure on flat-rolled steel import prices in South America persisted in the week ended Friday November 5, with buyers still cautious of ordering January-shipment cargoes while gauging future demand and overall pricing trends.More market participants expressed their fears during the week regarding an export duty being imposed on steel products from China from January 2022. They said...Read More
Turkish steel producers ended the week with a total of five deep-sea scrap cargoes, with prices increasing throughout the week, market sources told Fastmarkets on Friday November 5.A steel mill in the Izmir region booked a Baltic Sea cargo consisting of 11,000 tonnes of heavy melting scrap 1&2 (80:20) at $500 per tonne and 15,000 tonnes of shredded and 3,000 tonnes of bonus at $520 per tonne cfr l...Read More
An overview of the specialty steel raw materials markets in Europe and their latest price moves.Janie Davies, Dalila Ouerghi,...Read More
An overview of the energy transition raw materials markets and their price moves in the week to Friday November 5.Susan Zou, Yingchi Yang and...Read More
An overview of the energy transition raw materials markets and their price moves in the week to Friday November 5.Susan Zou, Yingchi Yang and...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange mostly edged higher at the close on Friday November 5, after a week of volatility across the complex.The aluminium three-month price stabilized after falling 3.8% on Thursday. It closed at $2,556.50 per tonne, from $2,554 per tonne the previous day.The metal was once again the most traded with 21,689 lots traded on LMESelect by the 5pm close."Maybe [...Read More
Fastmarkets' copper concentrate treatment charge/refining charge (TC/RC) indices were largely stable this past week. More tonnages are available on tender for shipment next year, while smelters' buying has been relatively limited ahead of annual negotiations. For clean concentrate, a 90,000-tonne Cozamin tender for 2022 production was due to be awarded later on Friday November 5, with winning ter...Read More
Fastmarkets' copper concentrate treatment charge/refining charge (TC/RC) indices were largely stable this past week. More tonnages are available on tender for shipment next year, while smelters' buying has been relatively limited ahead of annual negotiations. For clean concentrate, a 90,000-tonne Cozamin tender for 2022 production was due to be awarded later on Friday November 5, with winning ter...Read More
Some flat steel prices decreased in Turkey during the week ended Friday November 5; buyers were hesitant to book large tonnages because of the uncertainty, sources told Fastmarkets.Falling prices in China are behind the price drop; prices from the Commonwealth of Independent States have also decreased recently.Turkish flat steel producers accepted orders for January production during the week...Read More
Key data from Fastmarkets' pricing sessions in China, Europe and the United States on Friday November 5.China The bearish sentiment triggered by decreasing ferro-silicon futures continued to weigh on the Chinese spot ferro-silicon price, leaving market participants with a strong wait-and-see attitude. The high cost of electricity fees, a postponed steel mill tender, along with thin deals and inqui...Read More
Ferrous scrap prices in the global markets were unstable in the week ended Friday November 5 because deep-sea import prices in Turkey, the biggest scrap importer, fell earlier. But they rebounded toward the end of the week, while suppliers in the United States were able to resist the decline because of strong domestic demand. Turkish import prices rebounded late in the week Strong domestic demand...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mixed on the morning of Friday November 5, but for the most part they were on a back foot and looking vulnerable. At the same time, base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were mainly weaker while they tracked the weakness on the LME on Thursday, and because weaker coal prices in China are less likely to cause metal producers to cut...Read More
United States-based lithium producer Livent has increased its revenue forecasts for October-December 2021 despite higher costs for energy and raw materials, it said on Thursday November 4.The company also noted the tight supply of lithium hydroxide and expected non-Chinese battery production to increase, according to its third-quarter financial results released on Thursday and a conference call on...Read More