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Steel slab export prices from Brazil showed a steep increase in the week ended Friday December 11, with sellers achieving higher deals because of the positive trend in the flat steel markets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel slab, export, fob main port Brazil, reached $650-670 per tonne on Friday, up by $60-70 per tonne from $590-600 per tonne a week earlier.As a result of recent pric...Read More
Chinese rebar exporters were more active this week amid an increase in overseas prices that made China-origin cargoes more attractive to potential buyers.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 4,200 -4,230 yuan ($642-647) per tonne, up by 130 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing) weekly assessment: 3,840-3,870 yuan per tonne, up by 140 yuan per tonneThe May rebar contract on the Shanghai Futures Excha...Read More
Hebei Iron and Steel Group (HBIS), China's second-largest steelmaker, has increased its purchase price for December-delivery silico-manganese to 6,350 yuan ($971) per tonne, market participants told Fastmarkets on Thursday December 10.The latest price is 270 yuan per tonne higher than the mill's purchase price of 6,080 yuan per tonne for November-delivery cargoes. HBIS' price, which applies to car...Read More
Rails made from "green steel" by Liberty France, a subsidiary of the Liberty Steel Group, have been approved for use on the French rail network by national service supplier SNCF R?(C)seau, the company said on Thursday December 10.The key focus for Liberty after it acquired the operations in August this year was to connect the Ascoval steelworks near Saint-Saulve with the Hayange rail mill in Mosel...Read More
Sector expert Michael Ballanger maintains the "golden bull is back," and in this missive he outlines the reasons why. As this is being penned, I am seated in my den just after 7 a.m. looking out into the pitch darkness of an early December morn and the only light is a reflection off the cool waters of the lovely swamp Lake Scugog emanating from the bustling metropolis known as Port Perry...Read More
Peter Krauth explains why he believes silver is heading into a massive bull market. It's getting harder with every passing day to find cheap assets.Stocks, bonds, real estate, they're all pretty pricey. And yet, no one seems to care.Instead, the masses, and asset managers, appear determined to keep pushing them higher.In recent days, the S&P 500, the Dow 30 and the Nasdaq all set new records....Read More
ArcelorMittal has signed a binding agreement with Invitalia, an Italian state-owned company, forming a public-private partnership for the Taranto flat steel plant in the south of Italy, formerly known as Ilva, the steelmaker said late on December 10.The investment agreement will result in a recapitalization of AM InvestCo, ArcelorMittal's subsidiary, which signed the purchase agreement for Ilva's...Read More
Historyis full of intriguing sayings coming down to us from other cultures that informour thinking and behavior."Managinga large state is like cooking a small fish." – Lao Tzu."Astitch in time saves nine." – A 1700's sewing reference."Healingis a matter of time; sometimes a matter of opportunity." – Hippocrates.OneI especially like tra...Read More
Aluminium primary foundry alloy (PFA) premiums in Europe rose for a fifth consecutive month on Friday December 11 due to stronger demand, while the premium in the United States was steady despite stronger demand in that market as well.EuropeDemand in Eastern Europe continues to improve along with primary aluminium premiums.But the move was capped by low liquidity, with participants focusing on lon...Read More
Steel slab export prices from Brazil showed a steep increase in the week ended Friday December 11, with sellers achieving higher deals because of the positive trend in the flat steel markets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel slab, export, fob main port Brazil, reached $650-670 per tonne on Friday, up by $60-70 per tonne from $590-600 per tonne a week earlier.As a result of recent pric...Read More
A persistent global uptrend and a quick shift to negotiations for March-shipment cargoes, in some cases, continued to drive import prices for flat-rolled steel in South America significantly upward during the week to Friday December 11.A few Chinese mills took the unusual decision to change their offer prices twice in the week. Demand remained strong, but market participants started to become caut...Read More
The UK market for steel scrap deliveries to domestic steelmakers for monthly contracts increased for the second month in a row in December, against rallying European export markets and tight flows of scrap into British yards, industry sources said in the week to Friday December 11.The British market has also been affected by surging costs for containers for the export of metal goods internationall...Read More