Gary Nagle will become the new chief executive officer of Glencore when Ivan Glasenberg retires during the first half of 2021, the company said on Friday December 4. Nagle is currently global head of Glencore's coal industrial business based out of Sydney Australia, and will return to Switzerland to begin a transition to the new role.After 18 years as Glencore CEO, Glasenberg will step down f...Read More

Key data from the pricing sessions in Europe, Asia and the United States for the week ending Friday December 4.China Seaborne manganese ore prices of both grades rose after miners successfully sold their January shipments at flat offer prices following a rise in the portside ore market and despite high inventories. Portside manganese ore prices of both grades ticked up after traders raised their o...Read More

Adam HamiltonArchivesDec 04, 2020 The gold miners' stocks have suffered a correction since early August, gutting traders' enthusiasm for this contrarian sector. This necessary and healthy selloff is maturing, after largely accomplishing its essential mission of rebalancing sentiment and technicals. The universal greed and extreme overboughtness plaguing gold stocks as their last upleg peaked has b...Read More

Global nickel premiums were flat week on week, with the absence of an open arbitrage in Shanghai and market participants focused on 2021 negotiations rather than the spot market in Europe, sources told Fastmarkets.A lack of a profitable arb in Shanghai keeps refined nickel premiums unchanged; nickel pig iron (NPI) prices continue dropPremiums in Europe are flat despite an increased interest for ma...Read More

Some copper concentrates cargos from Australia are now stranded at different Chinese ports under an unofficial ban, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday December 4. The stranded cargos were booked by Chinese copper smelters and traders before they were verbally informed in early November to comply with restrictions on Australian material entering the country amid an escalating trade row be...Read More

An overview of the aerospace materials markets and their latest price moves.Ewa Manthey and Michael Greenfield in London, Susan Zou, Amy Lv...Read More

An overview of the new energy raw materials markets and their latest price moves.Susan Zou, Sybil Pan, and Sally Zhang in Shanghai, Carrie Shi in Beijing, and...Read More

The main global scrap markets continued to move higher in the week to Friday December 4, with most markets continuing regular purchases of material. Turkish steel mills continue to pay higher pricesUnited States market remains subdued post-holidayVietnam reports higher pricesTaiwan market reports optimistic sentiment and tight supplyIndian market expresses uncertainty over higher pricesTurkeyTurki...Read More

The prices of alloy steel scrap in the UK domestic market were largely unchanged this week despite lower nickel costs, because tight supply continued to provide pricing support, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday November 4.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for stainless steel scrap 18/8 solids, domestic, delivered merchants UK, on Friday was ?950-980 ($1,276-1,316) per tonne, narrowing downwa...Read More

The price of shredded steel scrap imported into India and Pakistan increased on Friday December 4, due to continuing shipping issues and despite uncertainty over higher prices, sources have told Fastmarkets.IndiaFastmarkets calculated the steel scrap, shredded, index, import, cfr Nhava Sheva, India, at $380.65 per tonne on Friday, up from $365.18 per tonne one week earlier.Only one deal was report...Read More

An overview of the new energy raw materials markets and their latest price moves.Susan Zou, Sybil Pan, and Sally Zhang in Shanghai, Carrie Shi in Beijing, and...Read More

Key data from the Friday December 4 pricing session in London. Key drivers: Metal prices unchanged in a steadily, but thinly, traded market. Sellers hold firm with offers across the range, dependent on tonnage and shape, and buyers struggle to find weak sellers for nearby units. ...Read More

China domestic battery-grade lithium carbonate prices increased again, up by 3.6% week on week due to tight supply from suppliers, with the respective European and United States' lithium hydroxide spot prices moving up also, Fastmarkets heard on Thursday December 3.China's battery-grade lithium carbonate prices continued their uptrend on tight supply and bullish market sentiment.China's industrial...Read More

The uptrend in flat-rolled steel import prices in South America persisted during the week ended Friday December 4, with offers from China, Japan and Brazil all at higher levels than previously for February-shipment cargoes.But at the same time, market participants were still seeing much lower bids, citing the rising costs of steel products as a major problem this year."[This uptrend is] creating b...Read More

The price of domestic hot-rolled coil in Northern Europe increased further day-on-day on Friday December 4, supported by a general shortage of flat steel, sources told Fastmarkets.European mills also increased official offers.Fastmarkets calculated its daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, at ?,?575.00 ($697.58) per tonne on Friday December 4, up by ?,?5.00 per ton...Read More

Frenemies. The word is defined as "an oxymoron and a portmanteau of 'friend' and 'enemy' that refers to 'a person with whom one is friendly, despite a fundamental dislike or rivalry' or 'a person who combines the characteristics of a friend and an enemy.'"I can't think of a better way to describe the members of OPEC.But like I predicted last Friday, this team of geopolitical rivals got it togethe...Read More

ArcelorMittal is to increase its official spot offer price for second-quarter rolling hot-rolled coil across Europe to ?,?650 ($788.56) per tonne ex-works effective immediately, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday December 4.They added that the traditional gap between offers in Northern and Southern Europe has now disappeared altogether.Offers of hot-dipped galvanized coil also moved up to ?,?...Read More

Fastmarkets' Ferrous Analytics report helps subscribers keep track of hot metal costs and steel production spreads in China, along with key pricing components of the steelmaking raw materials supply chain in Asia.Read More

Domestic steel rebar prices in Poland surged in the week to Friday December 4, supported by strong demand and long lead times, sources told Fastmarkets.Polish rebar producers were seeking higher prices this week amid good buying activity and a shortage of material.Local mills have already accounted for December production, according to sources."Prices are soaring in Poland - it's a...Read More

German steelmaker Thyssenkrupp is conducting a joint feasibility study with energy company STEAG to develop a hydrogen hub to be used in green steel production at its Duisburg site, the company said on Thursday December 3.The study will focus on construction of a water electrolysis plant at the STEAG site in Duisburg-Walsum by Thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers, the structuring of energy supply...Read More