The three-month lead price on the London Metal Exchange rose by 1.2% at the close of trading on Friday September 20, climbing beyond the $2,100 per tonne support level, while forward spreads in LME nickel tightened over the afternoon. Lead futures closed at $2,120 per tonne, its highest closing price since March, while just under…
SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall, the owners behind the HYBRIT initiative, will participate in the Climate Week NYC and UN Climate Action Summit in New York. The message they will bring is that it is possible to reach net zero emissions in the iron and steel industry and energy sector. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has invited…
The import market for pig iron in the United States fell in the week ended Friday September 20, with buyers still not ready to resume purchases and expecting lower prices because of the weak scrap sector and planned maintenance outages in December. Fastmarkets’ price assessment for pig iron, import, cfr Gulf of Mexico, US, was…
Toyota Tsusho America and Modumetal have announced an agreement of a non-binding MoU for the establishment of a joint venture to deploy Modumetal’s patented nanolaminated alloy product NanoGalv, which can be used for industrial fastener and bolting applications. The joint-venture company will be known as ModuTAI, which plans a new production facility in Houston Texas…
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.…
