China’s hot-rolled coil prices tumbled again on Tuesday August 27 in both the spot and futures markets, with the possibility of easing production cuts in the north leaving participants with a bearish outlook for prices amid trade tensions with the United States. Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,600-3,630 yuan ($504-508) per tonne, down 50-70 yuan per…
Bloomberg reported that demand for steel in India could grow at the slowest pace in three years as an economic slowdown in the global industry’s bright spot deepens. Moody’s Investors Service’ Icra Ltd said that steel consumption in India is likely to increase by less than 6% this fiscal year, slowest pace since a 3.1%…
Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange edged up during morning trading on Tuesday August 27 after tensions between China and the United States appeared to ease a day earlier after both sides announced fresh tariffs against each other last Friday. Leaders of both countries expressed willingness to return to the negotiations table to…
Based on preliminary Census Bureau data, the American Iron and Steel Institute reported today that the US imported a total of 3,028,000 net tons of steel in July 2019, including 1,843,000 net tons of finished steel (up 48.3% and 6.6%, respectively, vs. June final data). Through the first seven months of 2019, total and finished…
Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia and Europe during the week ended Friday August 23. Europe Key drivers Prices for both grades of antimony in Europe weakened on August 23 due to slow demand and few tonnages being exchanged. The price for antimony MMTA standard grade II, in-whs Rotterdam, has fallen by 0.4% while that for antimony max…
After revealing plans to let go of up to 200 workers at its Great Lakes facility in Michigan, US Steel announced on Friday that it will idle a plant in East Chicago in Indiana by mid-November as part of the consolidation of its till mill operations in the United States, a move which could result…
The price for ammonium paratugnstate (APT) in Europe moved lower in the week ended Friday August 23, weighed down by bearish sentiment ahead of the late-August auction for the entire antimony stock held in the defunct Fanya Metal Exchange. Meanwhile, the Chinese APT export price was stable amid market uncertainty. Tungsten concentrate prices again stable…
ArcelorMittal Brazil has extended the stoppage of its Tubarao’s Blast Furnace No 2 to the end of the year, from an initially expected 70-day time frame. Company CEO Flat Carbon South America Mr Benjamin Baptista on the sidelines of Instituto Aco Brasil steel congress last week said that “We are going to take a slow…
