An overview of the new energy materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Susan Zou, Yingchi Yang, and Sybil...Read More
The Turkish steel mills continued to limit their deep-sea scrap bookings due to weak finished steel sales, while the downturn in the country had a knock-on effect on prices in the global markets.Turkish mills restrict deep-sea purchases to put downward pressure on pricesSummer slowdown hits US export marketCovid-19 pandemic shuts down local long steel and scrap markets in VietnamDomestic supply ti...Read More
The price of austenitic stainless steel scrap remained steady in the week to Friday July 16 ahead of the summer slowdown, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for stainless steel scrap 316 solids domestic, delivered merchants UK was ?1,700-1,800 ($2,352- 2,491) per tonne on July 16, unchanged week on week.In the UK and in Europe, there is a summer slowdown in July and Aug...Read More
The inter-merchant light iron scrap market in the United Kingdom was up ?5 ($6.92) per tonne in the week to Friday July 16 amid firm fundamentals, with some sources suggesting the market may consolidate higher in the near term while others say a correction may be likely due to the steel summer slowdown, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel scrap 5C, loose old li...Read More
An overview of the new energy materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Susan Zou, Yingchi Yang, and Sybil...Read More
Lithium prices in Asia were broadly firm in the week ended Thursday July 15, with technical-grade lithium carbonate outperforming other grades amid good restocking appetite among traders.Lithium prices in the domestic Chinese market were broadly steady, with technical-grade lithium carbonate prices continuing to rise.Battery-grade lithium prices in the seaborne Asian market were also stable amid t...Read More
Flat-rolled steel import prices increased in South America during the week ended Friday July 16 amid higher freight rates from China and the first deals for September-shipment cargoes of Brazilian and Japanese origin, market participants told Fastmarkets."Freight from China... was heard to be still rising. This is creating big headaches for traders," a mill source said.A vessel shortage and less b...Read More
Prices in the Turkish flat steel market reduced over the week to Friday July 16 due to lower demand prior to the long holiday period, sources told Fastmarkets.Domestic pricesFastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel hot-rolled coil, domestic, exw Turkey was $1,050-1,070 per tonne on July 16, down from $1,060-1,100 per tonne the previous week.HRC offers were mostly heard at $1,050 per tonne ex...Read More
I can tell my girlfriend anything - anything except: "We don't have time to stop at Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) right now."Lucky for me, she lives in an area where there are five Starbucks within a square mile, so I never have to say that, even if time is ticking and we're on the go. My girlfriend fires up her Starbucks app, places our order, and we're in and out in no time. Getting our "fix" is almo...Read More
Hot-rolled coil in the India's domestic market continues to sell at discount of 3,000-3,500 ($40-47) rupees per tonne compared with mill pricing.Domestic HRC producers' prices, however, were stable this past week despite the price undercutting.Fastmarkets assessed steel HRC, domestic ex-warehouse India at 67,000-68,500 rupees per tonne on Friday July 16, unchanged from the previous week....Read More
The steel wire rod market in Poland was flat in the week to Friday July 16 with local producers sold out for July and holding back from August rolling offers, source told Fastmarkets.Several sources suggested that Polish producers may attempt to push for ?,?20-50 ($24-59) per tonne price increases for August rolling offers due to increased scrap costs, but the summer slowdown and high current pric...Read More
The polish steel rebar market was seasonally quiet in the week to July 16, although prices were stable due to good order books at mills, high construction demand and shortages, sources told Fastmarkets.Local market sources reported quiet trading activity over the past seven days, mainly due to the seasonal slowdown."The market is entering summer lull, everything is very quiet, everyone who wanted...Read More
Several steelmakers in China stopped issuing export offers this week, while others sharply increased their offer prices to overseas buyers, suggesting that the Chinese government's desire to see production cuts is starting to have an impact.Steel mills, including Shandong Iron & Steel and Yingkou Medium Plate Co, have issued no export offers this week, with limited availability forcing them to pri...Read More
The Turkish steel mills continued to limit their deep-sea scrap bookings due to weak finished steel sales, while the downturn in the country had a knock-on effect on prices in the global markets.Turkish mills restrict deep-sea purchases to put downward pressure on pricesSummer slowdown hits US export marketCovid-19 pandemic shuts down local long steel and scrap markets in VietnamDomestic supply ti...Read More
Export prices for pig iron from the Commonwealth of Independent States fell over the week to Thursday July 15 because buyers had restocked earlier and were in no hurry to make new purchases.Fastmarkets assessed the price for high-manganese pig iron, export, fob main port Black Sea, CIS at $600-620 per tonne on Thursday July 15, down from $610-630 per tonne a week before.Pig iron offers from Russia...Read More
Italian domestic steel scrap prices increased in the month to Friday July 16 on support from short supply of the material, particularly of "new scrap" grades, sources told Fastmarkets.Supplies of new scrap, including E8-grade, were short due to low automotive production caused by a shortage of computer chips used in cars, sources said. Car manufacturers are the main suppliers of E8-grade scrap mat...Read More
Brazilian slab export prices were unchanged on Friday July 16, with most producers in a wait-and-see mode amid high prices for flat steel in the United States and falling slab prices in other regions.Fastmarkets' weekly assessment for steel slab, export, fob main port Brazil was $975-995 per tonne on July 16, stable from the previous week.Slab sellers were optimistic about the US market, sinc...Read More
American radio show host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones joins Michael this week for a discussion on whether or not the title of "conspiracy theorist" is flattering, the difference between President Obama's pre-election stances and those he took once in office, what actually happened during the Biden election, whether or not California should be expelled from the Union, the plethora of platform...Read More
Part 1 (part 2 below)Suddenly, higher prices are everywhere: in food, fuel, housing - you name it. In fact, the annual Consumer Price Inflation rate (CPI) just spiked to 5.4%, a high not seen since 2008. A growing number of economic observers see these higher prices as the predictable result of the many trillions of new dollars in monetary and fiscal stimulus that world central banks & governments...Read More
With Craig taking a much-needed break, Sprott Money's Kam Hesari welcomes first time guest Peter Boockvar, Chief Investment Officer of Bleakley Advisory Group and Editor of The Boock Report. Listen in as they chat about what to expect in the coming months and how handcuffed the FED is to control it.Peter Boockvar is the Chief Investment Officer of Bleakley Financial Group and Editor of The Boock R...Read More