The Turkish steel mills continued their silence in the deep-sea scrap markets for another day on Wednesday November 14, because of a softening rebar market and increasing scrap supply in Europe, Fastmarkets was told.After booking two cargoes from the United States late last week, Turkish mills paused their purchases. Meanwhile, rebar prices have shown a downturn with news of recent sales at $506-5...Read More
Iron ore prices were mixed on Wednesday November 14 with supply tightness and higher premiums reported for December-arrival Pilbara Blend fines.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index: $75.91 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $0.18 per tonne.MB 62% Fe Pilbara Blend Fines Index: $75.71 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $0.18 per tonne.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index-Low Alumina: $78.25 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $0.53 per tonne.MB 58% F...Read More
The latest bids, offers and deals in the global markets for iron ore, pig iron, direct-reduced iron and other steelmaking raw materials. Latest transaction: iron oreIron oreRio Tinto, Global Ore,...Read More
Vietnam, a major consumer of scrap in Asia, has purchased at least 30,000 tonnes of Japanese H2 materials this week.Deals involving at least two bulk shipments bound for southern Vietnam were heard concluded around $329-330 per tonne cfr Vietnam.This suggests that fob Japan prices have fallen further from last week's level of ?34,700-35,000 ($305-307) per tonne after a tender held by the Kanto Te...Read More
The seaborne coking coal market remained steady on Wednesday November 14 with offers being issued at prevailing levels.Top Australian brands were still offered around $220-224 per tonne cfr China during the day while offers for two different second-tier products were made around $208-209 per tonne cfr China, according to various market sources."Both sellers and buyers are happy with the current ma...Read More
China's ferrous futures rose across the board during morning trading on Wednesday November 14, following the release of data showing higher-than-expected industrial output in October.Futures closing prices - morning session Shanghai Futures Exchange January rebar: 3,926 yuan ($564) per tonne, up 57 yuan per tonneJanuary hot-rolled coil: 3,617 yuan per tonne, up 34 yuan per tonneDalian Commodity Ex...Read More
An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons for any price moves.Read More
Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were broadly weaker on the morning of Wednesday November 14, with the three-month copper price down by 0.1% at $6,040 per tonne. This after Tuesday's energetic start that saw the red metal reach $6,181 per tonne at one point. Three-month nickel, lead and zinc were down by 0.2%, 0.3% and 1% respectively on the LME this morning, while three...Read More
Good morning from Fastmarkets MB's offices in Asia as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Wednesday November 14.Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange weakened during Asian morning trading on Wednesday, with the release of lackluster Chinese data failing to offset the downward pressure being exerted by a strong dollar.Check Fastmarkets MB's live futures report here.Opt...Read More
Optimism continued to grow among copper market participants in the United States over the outlook for the domestic copper cathode premium following a key industry meeting this past week, with many attendees predicting a higher premium for next year.Elsewhere, Shanghai copper premiums continued to soften while the Chinese market contends with a closed import arbitrage window, while a backwardation...Read More
Special steelmaker Voestalpine attributed an 11% fall in its earnings for the first half of 2018 to continuing global trade conflicts, it said late last week.The Austrian company reported a decline of 11.2% in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (Ebitda) over April-September 2018, the first half of its financial year, to ?,?860 million ($969 million). This compared with...Read More
The following Fastmarkets UK non-ferrous scrap and foundry ingot prices changed on Wednesday November 14:Aluminium scrapCommercial pure cuttings: ?1,035-1,065 per tonne from ?1,080-1,110Clean HE9 extrusions: ?1,330-1,380 per tonne from ?1,360-1,410Loose old rolled cuttings: ?730-760 per tonne from ?750-780Baled old...Read More
A series of Chinese policies aimed at restricting imports of copper scrap is not expected to significantly alter the supply/demand balance in the world's largest copper consuming country, industry executives said during a panel discussion at Asia Copper Week in Shanghai. "Despite the restriction of category-7 copper scrap imports this year, we have seen limited impact on the industry this year," Q...Read More
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Gold and silver have weakened sharply in recent weeks to be down by 8% and 17% for the year to date, respectively. This sees the yellow metal trading at close to US$1,200 per ounce, while silver is hovering at around US$14 an ounce. This has had a sharp impact on the fortunes of precious metals miners, causing the Van Eck Gold Miners ETF to shed 19%, while the Global X Silver Miner's ETF has lost...Read More
The stock market is certainly a crazy place to operate these days. Around the world, stocks can't seem to get any traction, with each successive move upwards being followed by the market slamming stocks back to Earth with a harsh move back down. It is certainly not a place for the faint of heart. The question that is on everyone's mind is whether this is the end of the bull market for stocks or if...Read More
I perused Tesla's Q3 10-Q and scrutinized the footnotes to figure out, to the extent possible, where Tesla manipulated GAAP accounting standards and outright "cooked" its numbers. Before I had a chance to analyze the 10-Q, others had already posted their findings on Twitter or in Seeking Alpha articles. In the analysis below, I've double-checked and confirmed the findings presented by others. In a...Read More
Drilling at Nexus Gold's Rakounga exploration permit in Burkina Faso. West Africa. Source: Nexus Gold Corp.Nexus Gold Corp. [NXS-TSXV; NXXGF-OTC] said Thursday November 15 that it has struck a deal with company director Warren Robb to acquire the a gold-copper exploration property in the Bridge River Mining Camp, approximately 180 km north of Vancouver, British Columbia.Robb is also the company's...Read More
The processing plant for Endeavour Mining's Hound?(C) Mine in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Source: Endeavour Mining Corp.Endeavour Mining Corp. [EDV-TSX; EDVMF-OTCQX] on Thursday November 15 announced a significant maiden resource estimate for the previously announced Kari Pump discovery at its flagship Hound?(C) Mine in Burkina Faso, West Africa.Kari Pump's one million ounce maiden indicated resour...Read More