An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons for any price moves.Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their latest price moves.Read More
* Discount for cash vs three-month aluminium narrows * More aluminium due to leave LME storage * China data coming into focus (Updates prices)By Pratima DesaiLONDON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Copper prices rose to two-weekhighs on Friday after talks about financial aid for the U.S.economy restarted, the dollar slipped and miners went on strikein Chile, a top producer of the industrial metal.Benchmark copp...Read More
Scrap prices across the global markets moved down in the week ended Friday October 9, largely due to Turkey's return to the market, although making purchases at lower prices than previously.Turkish steel mills purchase cargoes at lower pricesUS export market follows Turkish leadVietnam reports thin tradingTaiwanese scrap import market dips ahead of holidayIndian material booked at lower prices.Tur...Read More
Prices in the market for inter-merchant light iron scrap in the UK softened over the week to Friday October 9 after a steady run since September 11, industry sources have told Fastmarkets.Weaker conditions in the European steel scrap export markets to Turkey and the Indian subcontinent have pulled British domestic offer prices downward, they said.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel scra...Read More
Turkish steel mills continued their deep-sea scrap purchases at the end of the week after securing lower prices, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday October 9.A steel mill in the Marmara region booked a cargo from the United States, comprising 38,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $283 per tonne and 2,000 tonnes of plate and structural (P&S) at $293 per tonne cfr.Thursday's deals for HMS 1...Read More
US precious metals miner Hecla has increased zinc and lead production over the first three quarters of the year, it said in its latest financial results statement.Hecla produced 48,700 tonnes of zinc in concentrate from January to September 30, up 14% on 2019 figures. And at 24,620 tonnes, lead production was up by 41% year on year in the same comparison. ...Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their latest price moves.Read More
Europe and United States' lithium battery-grade spot prices held steady over the week to Thursday October 8, with the market in wait-and-see mode, while the technical-grade hydroxide price rose for the first time in a year.Europe and US battery-grade spot prices held steady for the third consecutive week after posting losses in mid-September. Sources reported strengthening prices for technical-gra...Read More
Share this articleCALGARY - A deal to sell the suspended Ekati Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories for about $166 million has fallen through after bond issuers refused to go along with it.Owner Dominion Diamond Mines ULC says the offer by two affiliated companies, referred to as a "stalking horse bid," was rejected by Aviva Insurance Company of Canada, Argonaut Insurance Company and Zurich I...Read More
Over the past few months and weeks, there has been a lot of talk about an upcoming "civil war" in America.But what exactly do people mean by "civil war"?Well, it's not so clear.It's obvious that anyone predicting a "second civil war" in the United States is trying to conflate the social, political, and economic issues of our time to the American Civil War of the mid-19th century. Clearly that's a...Read More
Low inventory levels and longer lead times have pushed hot-rolled coil prices in the United States up to their highest in 17 months, with mills holding most of the negotiating power. Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US was calculated at $32 per hundredweight ($640 per short ton) on Friday October 9, up by 1.3% from $31.58 per cwt on Thursday October 8 and 3.3% higher than $...Read More
South American flat-rolled steel import prices showed no definite trend in the week ended Friday October 9 amid a stand-off between higher offers from China and Japan, and some discounted deals for products from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) reported in Brazil.China returned from its national Golden Week holiday with more expensive offers for South America, in most cases. Other coun...Read More
The domestic price for steel rebar in Brazil has gone up in October, with an average 15% increase being fully applied and with some buyers willing to pay even higher prices for quick delivery, market participants have said.Fastmarkets assessed the price for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, monthly, delivered Brazil, at 3,220-3,430 Reais ($574-611) per tonne on Friday October 9, rising from...Read More
Domestic steel rebar prices in Poland were stable in the week to October 9, despite a slowdown in buying activity, with producers reluctant to cut prices due to short supplies, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday.Buying activity in Poland slowed down after widespread restocking last week, they added.Customer were asking for lower prices due to a decline in scrap costs, but producers...Read More
Indian domestic prices for secondary steel billet have gone up by 400 rupees ($5) per tonne week on week following rises in the costs of raw materials such as direct-reduced iron (DRI).The price of steel billet, domestic, exw India, was assessed by Fastmarkets on Friday October 9 at 29,700-29,900 rupees ($403-406) per tonne, compared with 29,300-29,500 rupees per tonne last week."Billet prices had...Read More
Indian domestic prices for secondary steel billet have gone up by 400 rupees ($5) per tonne week on week following rises in the costs of raw materials such as direct-reduced iron (DRI).The price of steel billet, domestic, exw India, was assessed by Fastmarkets on Friday October 9 at 29,700-29,900 rupees ($403-406) per tonne, compared with 29,300-29,500 rupees per tonne last week."Billet prices had...Read More
Scrap prices across the global markets moved down in the week ended Friday October 9, largely due to Turkey's return to the market, although making purchases at lower prices than previously.Turkish steel mills purchase cargoes at lower pricesUS export market follows Turkish leadVietnam reports thin tradingTaiwanese scrap import market dips ahead of holidayIndian material booked at lower prices.Tur...Read More
Prices in the market for inter-merchant light iron scrap in the UK softened over the week to Friday October 9 after a steady run since September 11, industry sources have told Fastmarkets.Weaker conditions in the European steel scrap export markets to Turkey and the Indian subcontinent have pulled British domestic offer prices downward, they said.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel scra...Read More
Steel slab export prices from Brazil widened upward this week with the gap between sellers' and buyers' expectations continuing to increase because of higher offers.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel slab, export, fob main port Brazil, was $480-505 per tonne on Friday October 9, widening upward by $5 from $480-500 per tonne on October 2.Offers were heard within the range of $505-515 pe...Read More