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Nov 11, 2019
Fastmarkets AMM is proposing to change the way it calculates monthly averages for its ferro-alloy prices in the United States. More »
Nov 12, 2019
Following a one-month consultation, Fastmarkets will change the assessment frequency of its aluminium scrap and secondary aluminium alloy prices. More »
Fastmarkets’ assessments for the dealer selling prices for steel scrap machine shop turnings in Houston and St Louis both rose to $20 per gross ton in November, in line with the monthly price trend for this scrap grade. More »
Nov 19, 2019
The mid-grade seaborne iron ore price was rangebound on Tuesday November 19 after market participants reported being wary of growing port inventories and unhealthy pollution levels in the steelmaking hub of Tangshan in north China. More »
Import hurdles that emerged in some ports in China last week do not appear to have had much effect on the seaborne coking coal market, with a cargo of premium low-volatility product fetching $145 per tonne cfr China on Tuesday November 19. More »
Crude steel production in the United States totaled 1,876,000 net tons last week, up by 0.8% from 1,862,000 tons the previous week, with mills operating at an average capacity utilization rate of 81.1%. More »
Nov 18, 2019
The price spread between hot-rolled coil and No1 busheling increased in November after hot-rolled coil and scrap prices stepped higher, but sentiment among market participants is uncertain entering a slow seasonal period. More »
Cold-heading quality (CHQ) wire rod prices in the United States have risen due to higher raw material costs, and last week’s mill price increases have helped stabilize the high-carbon wire rod market, Fastmarkets has learned. More »
Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States climbed on Monday November 18 while industry participants debated the upward trajectory of the market following recent mill hikes, Fastmarkets has learned. More »
Pricing momentum is building for shredded scrap, due to a combination of robust ferrous export sales to Turkey booked in November and the onset of winter forcing mid-month upward adjustments on feedstock. More »
Wire Mesh Corp (WMC) plans to raise pricing on wire mesh by $25 per short ton ($1.25 per hundredweight), in line with similar increases announced by wire rod producers on November 11-12, Fastmarkets has learned. More »
The US Department of Commerce has made a preliminary determination that cold-rolled coil from South Korea is not being dumped into the United States. More »
The latest ferro-alloy prices from Fastmarkets price reporters. More »
Nov 14, 2019
Following a 60-day consultation period, Fastmarkets AMM is set to discontinue its export yard buying prices in San Francisco along with some some ferrous scrap consumer buying prices in Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Chicago due to a lack of liquidity. More »
Our latest issue covers a broad range of markets. Tom Wendt Jr. explains the growth of the metals-recycling technology business Wendt Corporation. The steel section includes trends in US, Middle East, Indian and Chinese business. Our annual Arab aluminium section focuses on the continuing growth of the region’s primary aluminium sector. Other valuable features include a new plant orders list with example new technologies, steel industry efforts to reduce carbon emissions, a copper market overview and new technology for small tube production.