The light iron scrap market in the United Kingdom was stable during the week to Friday August 27, with most trade sources reporting steady prices to ensure the flow of material into yards.But some domestic consumers signaled a need for price cuts for monthly deliveries in October, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel scrap 5C, loose old light, domestic, delivered...Read More
Turkish mills were largely inactive in the import scrap market over the week ended Friday August 27, while prices in key Asian markets were affected by the low levels of interest among mills for imported cargoes.Turkey books just one deep sea cargo during weekUS prepares for fall in domestic pricesVietnamese import prices constrained by rise in Covid-19 casesChinese scrap buyers hold back from imp...Read More
Prices for shredded steel scrap into Pakistan and India have decreased in the week to Friday August 27, sources told Fastmarkets.Demand in India remained muted due to the monsoon season, and trading activity in Pakistan continues to remain high.PakistanFastmarkets calculated its weekly steel scrap, shredded, index, import, cfr Port Qasim, Pakistan at $525.57 per tonne on Friday, down by $13.4...Read More
Turkish steel producers made no new scrap bookings on Friday August 27, ending the working week with a single cargo deal amid limited finished steel sales, market participants said.A steel mill in the Iskenderun region booked a European cargo on Wednesday, comprising 22,500 tonnes of heavy melting scrap 1&2 (80:20) and 12,500 tonnes of bonus at an average price of $450 per tonne cfr. The HMS 1&2 (...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices mostly increased on Friday August 27 amid stable trading activity in the physical market, particularly at China's ports, sources said.Fastmarkets iron ore indices62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $157.55 per tonne, up $4.63 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $157.84 per tonne, up $4.04 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $126.50 per tonne, up $3.62...Read More
Low-volatility pulverized coal injection (PCI) prices in both the fob and cfr market jumped following price gains in coking coal the week to Friday August 27. And a shortage of railway wagons in Russia has delayed the transport of PCI to China, sources said.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $408.51 per tonne, down $0.42 per tonneHard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $385.67 per...Read More
Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in China continued to move lower on Friday August 27, with losses on futures prices extending to a one-week trough in overnight trading due to persistent concerns about the levels of demand.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 5,600-5,680 yuan ($864-876) per tonne on August 27, down by 20-50 yuan per tonne day on day.Northern China (Tangshan) weekly assessment: 5,6...Read More
Rebar sellers in eastern China continued to lower their offers on Friday August 27 to generate more sales, but spot prices remain higher than last Friday as a result of gains from earlier this week.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 5,130-5,160 yuan per tonne, down by 20 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing) weekly assessment: 5,010-5,050 yuan per tonne, unchangedSellers looked to offload more of...Read More
Silicon producer Ferroglobe marked a return to profitability in the second quarter of 2021 after 13 loss-making quarters, and expected higher prices for its products in the second half of 2021, it said in an earnings statement published on Monday August 23.Ferroglobe is the western world's largest silicon producer and makes silicon and manganese-based alloys.The company is based in London and Madr...Read More
An overview of the aerospace materials markets and the latest price moves in the week to Friday August 27.Jessica Long, Ruby Liu and Carrie...Read More
The Cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lb trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparencyinto the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies.Fastmarkets...Read More
The Cobalt hydroxide payable indicator, min 30% Co, cif China, % payable of Fastmarkets' standard-grade cobalt price (low-end) trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparencyinto the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies.Fastmarkets assessed Cobalt hydroxide p...Read More
The Cobalt alloy grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lbtrade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparencyinto the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies.Fastmarkets...Read More
The Cobalt sulfate 20.5% Co basis, exw China, yuan/tonne trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparencyinto the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies.Fastmarkets assessed Cobalt...Read More
The price of flat-rolled stainless steel in Europe increased in the week ended Friday August 27 on a continuing shortness of supply, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for stainless steel cold-rolled sheet, 2mm, grade 304, transaction domestic, delivered North Europe, was ?,?3,950-4,000 ($4,645-4,704) per tonne on Friday, up by ?,?50 per tonne week on week.Base pric...Read More
China's Ganfeng Lithium, one of the world's top producers of the battery metal, is going ahead with the takeover of Bacanora Lithium (LSE: BCN) as the Mexico-focused explorer and developer has accepted a sweetened ?284.8 million (about US$391 million) cash offer. Ganfeng increased its original bid, submitted in early May, to 73.6 pence a Bacanora share in cash and Germany-focused Zinnw...Read More
The price of alloy steel scrap in the UK domestic market increased in the week to Friday August 27 because of higher nickel costs and an ongoing tightness of supply, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly assessment for stainless steel scrap 18/8 solids domestic, delivered merchants UK was ?1,300-1,400 ($1,785-1,922] per tonne on Friday, up by ?50-100 per tonne week on week.The price...Read More
The domestic scrap markets in both Japan and South Korea weakened further on Friday August 27, placing further pressure on the seaborne markets, sources told Fastmarkets.South Korea reduces buying interest amid weaker local marketTokyo Steel drops bid prices for most scrap gradesImport interest limited in China despite stronger domestic sentiment.South KoreaA major South Korean steelmaker released...Read More
Spot prices for imported containerized ferrous scrap in Taiwan remained rangebound in the week to Friday August 27 amid buyers' bearish views.Fastmarkets' daily price assessment for containerized steel scrap HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix) US material import, cfr main port Taiwan was $440-445 per tonne on Friday, unchanged from a day earlier but widening downward by $5 from $445 per tonne a week earlier....Read More
Ferrous scrap trading in Vietnam remained thin during the week to Friday August 27 amid poor demand and administrative and logistical difficulties caused by the worsening Covid-19 pandemic in the country, sources told Fastmarkets.Key commercial and industrial hubs in southern Vietnam, including Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong, have continued to see surging Covid-19 cases.Vietnam recorded 11,575 ne...Read More