Questions about the fate of stocks held by the defunct Fanya Metal Exchange have been a weight on negotiations in many minor metals markets since the bourse collapsed in 2015, and have contributed to the uncertainty that has stifled trade for much of 2019. Buying appetite in the spot market has weakened, and prices for…
Global scrap prices continued to fall in all major markets during the week ended Friday September 20, under pressure from persistent negative sentiment and with market participants seeing no prospect of relief. Turkey import prices fall further; suppliers accept lower prices US export prices down for cargoes sold off both coasts Asian import prices decline…
The trend toward connected, self-driving, shared and electric vehicles is quickly moving from concepts to commercial viability. Self-driving vehicles will introduce a new kind of freedom both for the driver and its occupants. Vehicles will no longer be designed around the driver but designed to serve the needs and comfort of the occupants. With the…
Export prices for pig iron from Brazil have gone down on the influence of weak global scrap pricing and fading demand, sources told Fastmarkets during the week ended Friday September 20. Fastmarkets’ weekly price assessment for pig iron, export, fob Vitorio/Rio, Brazil, was $285-300 per tonne on Friday, down from $305-310 per tonne last week.…
TASR reported that labour unionists delivered a petition signed by employees of US Steel Kosice to Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini urging the Government to take action to help save steel industry jobs in both Slovakia and Europe. The petition was launched at US Steel Kosice on July 22. OZ KOVO company labour union head Juraj…
Brazilian slab export prices remained unchanged in the week ended Friday September 20, with no deals agreed while buyers and sellers battled to establish a new price. Fastmarkets’ weekly price assessment for steel slab, export, fob main port Brazil, was $420-435 per tonne on September 20, unchanged week-on-week. The price corresponded to the most recent…
WA reported that Australia’s largest steel company BlueScope in 2013 elevated Mr Jason Ellis, the son of former BHP chairman Mr Jerry Ellishim from a regional divisional manager in Thailand to one of the most senior positions in the company the general manager of sales and marketing. Within months of assuming his position, one that…
SHANGHAI, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) – Steel futures opened lower Friday in daytime trading on the Shanghai Futures Exchange. The most active construction steel rebar contract for January delivery was down 66 yuan (about 9.33 U.S. dollars) to open at 3,381 yuan a tonne. The most active January 2020 contract for hot rolled coils, mainly used…