ArcelorMittal has again increased its official offer prices for all steel coil products in Northern Europe by ?,?20-50 ($24-60) per tonne, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday April 29.The steelmaker had already increased its offers three times in April.With this latest increase, offer prices for hot-rolled coil reached ?,?1,020 ($1.233) per tonne ex-works, up by ?,?20 per tonne from the most rece...Read More
South American flat-rolled steel import prices were generally up in the week to Friday April 30, but have hit a temporary ceiling since the effects of the export tax rebate cut in China had been mostly factored in previously, market participants said.The majority of the assessments increased slightly, but the top end of the ranges were lower or unchanged, depending on the product.The increases com...Read More
Pig iron export prices from Brazil went up again during the week to Friday April 30 despite long lead times.Fastmarkets' price assessment for pig iron, export, fob port of Vitoria/Rio, Brazil, was $545-560 per tonne on Friday, up from $540-545 per tonne the previous week.Offers were reported from only one...Read More
Turkish deep-sea scrap import prices have increased sharply since China decided to remove the export tax rebate on some steel products. But demand among major scrap importers in Asia was still limited because of upcoming holiday periods in the region.Turkish scrap import prices jump $22 per tonne at the end of the weekUS scrap export prices remain fairly stableSlight improvement in Vietnamese scra...Read More
China's spot blister copper refining charges (RCs) rose in April to their highest level since September 2019 amid increased competition from domestic units and surging scrap availability.Fastmarkets' price assessment for copper blister 98-99% ,RC spot, cif China, was $185-200 per tonne on Friday April 30, up from $170-185 per tonne a month ago. Few tonnages were sold and offered in the $180s...Read More
While the whole London Metal Exchange base metals complex ended the month on solidly higher prices than at the start of April on a recent bullish streak, a dollar index at its highest in a week pushed down copper and aluminium prices at the close on Friday April 30. The dollar index reached 91.29 on Friday during afternoon trading, its highest since April 23 after bottoming at 90.42 on Thursday, r...Read More
The London Metal Exchange will announce the results of its discussion paper on market structure on or around June 8 and has not yet made any decisions on the whether to reopen the ring, it said. If the exchange decides to reopen the ring, which temporarily closed in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the earliest possible date would be the end of June, when social distancing criteria are exp...Read More
Seaborne coking coal prices climbed in the cfr market amid tight supply and rising offers on Friday April 30, but inched lower in the fob market amid soft buying activity, market sources told Fastmarkets.Prices for seaborne pulverized coal injection (PCI) material increased sharply in the cfr market in the week to April 30, due to persistently tight supply and rising prices for metallurgical coke,...Read More
Being early is not being wrong...(by Half Dollar) Around the end of January/beginning of February, I began formulating a call which included the following:Strength in the US dollar (DXY to 95)A crash in the US stock market (no level given)Continued downside in gold (to $1700)Silver pounded into the teens (spike low)In one article early on, I put a timeline on it, and that timeline was by the end o...Read More
The market game is rigged, but you can learn the rules and win the game. The market isn't the casino where the rules make certain you...by Korbinian Koller via Midas Touch ConsultingMarket manipulation is as old as the market itself. From arbitrage to front running, from pump and dump to cornering the market.But every imbalance will be closed at some point in time, and every front runner gets fron...Read More
Knowing about this event is important for all Smart Investors and required learning for all Silver Bugs & Stackers. Oh yeah, and there's also the chance to...(by Half Dollar) When a person becomes interested in gold & silver, over the course of learning, specific events will no doubt come to stand out in market history. From Nixon closing the gold window in 1971 to the 2016 Election Night Smackdow...Read More
The pig iron import market in the United States was silent during the week to Friday April 30, although market indicators such as hot-rolled coil prices continued to increase.Fastmarkets' price assessment for pig iron, import, cfr Gulf of Mexico, US, was $585-595 per tonne on Friday, up by $10 per tonne from $575-585 per tonne the previous week."It was predictable that the market would be silent t...Read More
Prices for inter-merchant light iron scrap in the UK have been steady over the week ended Friday April 30, consolidating gains made the week before amid firm demand from major processors and steady export business, sources have told Fastmarkets.Suppliers were looking ahead to negotiations to settle monthly deliveries into domestic consumers in May, they added.Fastmarkets' latest price assessment f...Read More
The US Midwest aluminium premium jumped to a new all-time high on Friday April 30, with the US market struggling to attract much-needed imports while the freight and duty components of the premium have spiked as well.Fastmarkets assessed the aluminium P1020A premium, ddp Midwest US at 26-27 cents per lb on April 30, up by 8.16% from its previous record high of 24-25 cents per lb and up by&nbs...Read More
Prices of most aluminium scrap grades in the United States rose this past week, driven by high buying interest. Bullishness on mill-scrap material, aided by buoyant copper and silicon markets, translated to higher prices, according to sources.Fastmarkets assessed the buying prices for mixed low copper clips, delivered Midwest secondary smelters; mixed high copper clips, delivered Midwest seco...Read More
A summary of Brazilian copper producer Paranapanema's financial results for the first quarter of 2021, as stated in its earnings report published on Thursday April 29.In briefCopper cathode sales volume growth and stronger copper prices on the London Metal Exchange drove net revenues significantly higher, the company said. Profit margins, on the other hand, were under...Read More
A summary of the financial results for Chilean state-owned copper producer Codelco in the first quarter of 2021, as stated in its earnings report released on Friday April 30.In brief Copper output increased year-on-year during the quarter due to higher grades of mined ore and operational productivity, Codelco said. C1 cash costs (direct production costs) were cut by $0.003 per lb over January-Marc...Read More
While the whole London Metal Exchange base metals complex ended the month on solidly higher prices than at the start of April on a recent bullish streak, a dollar index at its highest in a week pushed down copper and aluminium prices at the close on Friday April 30. The dollar index reached 91.29 on Friday during afternoon trading, its highest since April 23 after bottoming at 90.42 on Thursday, r...Read More
Fastmarkets' benchmark copper concentrate treatment and refining charge (TC/RC) index rose for the third consecutive week on Friday April 30. At $26.90 per tonne / 2.69 cents per lb, the index has reached its highest level in a month and has rebounded from its record lows of $21.90 per tonne / 2.19 cents per lb on April 9. Smelter...Read More
Global supply of refined zinc will exceed demand in 2021, widening the market surplus to 353,000 tonnes this year despite a global recovery in demand after the Covid-19 pandemic, the International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG) said.The ILZSG expects global demand for refined zinc metal to rise by 4.3% to 13.78 million tonnes in 2021 after it fell by 3.9% last year, it said on Friday April 30 i...Read More