Marubeni Corp has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with battery recycler Retriev Technologies Inc in the United States to develop a new circular business for end-of-life lithium-ion batteries, the Japanese trader said on Wednesday February 17. Two companies will develop a business model by which valuable metals recovered from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries can be reused. They will...Read More

Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.The coronavirus pandemic has had a massive impact on every part of the global economic system. In response, unprecedented stimulus measures have boosted many countries’ debt-to-GDP ratios to levels not seen since WWII. But even...Read More

China's metals industry returned from holiday to find metal prices were higher and it would appear have chased prices higher, with all the base metals on the London Metal Exchange and Shanghai Futures Exchange showing gains this morning, Thursday February 18. While the metals were higher, Asian equities were for the most part under pressure this morning US 10-year treasury yields remains firm, as...Read More

With negotiations for the annual zinc concentrate treatment charge (TC) under way for 2021, miners and smelters are debating how much to lower the TC after a year of tightening supply.Fastmarkets understands that initial miner offers were close to spot levels of $100 per tonne, while smelters staked their first bids near last year's settlement price of $299.75 per tonne.The 2020 annual benchmark z...Read More

Hot-rolled coil prices in the Unites States remained at historic highs on Thursday February 18.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US was calculated at $60.27 per hundredweight ($1,205.40 per short ton) on February 18, an increase of 0.17% from $60.17 per cwt the previous day and up 1.07% from $59.63 per cwt one week earlier. Inputs were received across all three sub-indi...Read More

Market sources expect domestic prices for steel hot-rolled coil in Europe to remain strong on support from reduced availability and long lead times, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday February 18.Fastmarkets calculated its daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe at ?,?725 ($874.46) per tonne on Thursday February 18, down by ?,?4 per tonne from ?,?729 per tonne on Februar...Read More

Steel rebar buyers in Egypt expect prices to increase for March production orders because of rising production costs, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday, February 18.Demand, however, remains weak because of the limited number of permits being granted for new buildings in the country since the easing of the ban on construction, they added.The cost of steelmaking raw materials from the Commonwealt...Read More

Turkish steel billet prices have increased over the past week due to rising imported scrap costs, market sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday February 18.Despite the most recent deep-sea scrap bookings taking place on February 10, prices for the steelmaking raw material have risen by more than $22 per tonne on a weekly basis.Fastmarkets' daily index for steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), US origin,...Read More

Domestic long steel prices in Turkey have continued to increase with support from rising scrap values, market sources said on Thursday February 18.Turkish steelmakers had resumed their deep-sea scrap bookings on February 10, dragging prices up by more than $22 per tonne on a weekly basis.Fastmarkets' daily index for steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), US origin, cfr Turkey, was $408.69 per tonne on...Read More

Italian steel distributors' association Assofermet has sent a letter to the European Commission highlighting distortion in the European Union carbon and stainless flat steel market caused by anti-dumping and safeguard measures. The association has specifically asked not to prolong existing safeguard measures into steel imports beyond their expiration on June 30 this year, it said on Wednesday Febr...Read More

Turkish export prices for steel rebar and wire rod have increased over the past week amid rising import costs for scrap and a recovery in demand, market sources said on Thursday February 18.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), export, fob main port Turkey, was $605-620 per tonne on Thursday, up from last week's $595-600 per tonne.The steel producers in the countr...Read More

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China’s metals industry returned from holiday to find metal prices were higher and it would appear have chased prices higher, with all the base metals on the London Metal Exchange and Shanghai Futures Exchange showing gains this morning, Thursday February 18.* While the metals were higher, Asian equities were for the most part under pressure this morning* US 10-year treasury yields remains fi...Read More

Wal-Mart (WMT), a Dow Jones Industrial Average stock moved below $139.19 extending an intermediate downtrend following release of fourth quarter results.Shanghai Composite Index advanced 20.27 to 3,675.36 following resumption of trade after the one week celebration of Chinese New Year. The Shanghai Composite Index has a history of moving higher on a real and relative basis until mid-April followin...Read More

Three workers who were trapped in the rubble after an explosion at major South African steelmaker ArcelorMittal Vanderbijlpark have been found dead, local news providers said on Thursday February 18.Early on February 17, a portion of a stack at one of the mill's coke batteries fell onto a control room where three employees were working, trapping them under the rubble. Rescue teams worked throughou...Read More

Prices for steel scrap imported to Bangladesh accelerated over the last seven days despite a hesitancy from buyers to pay higher rates, market participants told Fastmarkets on February 18.Bangladeshi steel scrap prices have swelled in the last week in line with other major import markets such as Turkey and India, although few sales were heard at the new levels.Shredded scrap in containers was hear...Read More

Iron ore prices surged on Thursday February 18 on support from strong steel prices and positive sentiment regarding steel inventory, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $175.05 per tonne, up $8.17 per tonne62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $175.50 per tonne, up $8.25 per tonne58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $160.22 per tonne, up $7.56...Read More

Seaborne premium hard coking coal prices edged up on Thursday February 18, with Chinese market participants back from the Lunar New Year holiday, but there was still uncertainty over the direction of the cfr market, sources said.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $141.26 per tonne, up $0.06 per tonnePremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $217.48 per tonne, up $0.25 per tonne H...Read More

Chinese steelmakers looking to replenish steel scrap stocks after returning from their new year holiday on Thursday February 18, have raised bid prices for both domestic and imported material, sources told Fastmarkets.On the first day back after the holiday, a Shandong mill raised its tender for heavy scrap by 50 yuan per tonne on Thursday to 3,050 ($472) yuan per tonne delivered, excluding value-...Read More