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Asian spot coking coal prices stable as steel prices show modest recovery

The Asian seaborne hard coking coal spot market was unchanged on Thursday April 3, as prices for steel strengthened while those for coke stabilised.

April 3, 2014
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Stand-off continues between Chinese cobalt smelters and Glencore

Many major Chinese cobalt smelters have not yet signed annual raw material supply contracts with global miner Glencore, according to market participants.

April 3, 2014
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BHP open to monthly pricing for contracted lump

Certain steel mills in China have agreed to take contracted lump from BHP Billiton using a monthly pricing scheme, after failing to agree on a quarterly premium, sources told Steel First.

April 3, 2014
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Spot zinc TCs rise in China on increased supply

Zinc treatment charges (TCs) have gone up in China on increased concentrate supply from both home and abroad, sources told Metal Bulletin.

April 3, 2014
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Buyer-seller standoff leaves seaborne hard coking coal prices static

The Asian seaborne hard coking coal spot market saw a stand-off between sellers and buyers on Wednesday April 2 as the latter stayed unmoved by higher offer prices.

April 2, 2014
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EC fines cable-makers €310m for rigging prices, markets in global cartel

The European Commission has fined ten copper cable-makers, including Nexans and Prysmian, for rigging underground and sub-sea cable supply tenders and colluding to carve up sales in regional markets.

April 2, 2014
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Collahuasi mine, port evacuated after Chile quake

Workers at the Collahuasi copper mine and port facilities in northern Chile were evacuated after an 8.2 magnitude earthquake, which hit late on Tuesday April 1.

April 2, 2014
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BHP shows no signs of cutting back met coal production

BHP Billiton is favouring cost-management and efficiency over production cuts in its efforts to tackle the current weak coal market, according to global coal business president Dean Dalla Valle.

April 2, 2014
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IREPAS BARCELONA: Turkish exporters expect US trade case to lead to duties

Rebar exporters in Turkey are expecting the anti-dumping investigation against imports of the product into the USA to lead to small duties, Celsa’s international commercial director, Kim Marti said on Tuesday April 1 at the International Rebar Exporters and Producers Assn (Irepas) meeting.

April 2, 2014
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Seaborne coking coal prices firm despite Chinese market weakness

Expectations of cuts in the Chinese domestic coking coal price kept the seaborne coking coal market fairly quiet on Tuesday April 1.

April 1, 2014
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GLOBAL LITHIUM WRAP: Weak downstream markets keep prices stagnant

The Chinese domestic spot battery-grade lithium price stabilized on Thursday May 21 although downstream demand showed no improvement, while rest-of-world markets were flat amid thin trading opportunities.

May 22, 2020

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PRICING NOTICE: Discontinuation of aluminium extrusion, FRP margins, CPC price

Fastmarkets has discontinued seven price assessments, comprising aluminium extrusion and flat-rolled product conversion margins, plus calcined petcoke (CPC).

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VIETNAM SCRAP: Buyers halt purchases after sellers raise offers

Demand for ferrous scrap imports in Vietnam faded toward the latter part of this week after sellers raised their offers from Thursday May 21 onward.

May 22, 2020

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MORNING VIEW: Markets face setback after China flexes muscle over Hong Kong; metals, equities weaker

Broad markets were weaker this morning, Friday May 22, led by a 4.8% fall in the Hang Seng; base metals prices on both the London Metal Exchange and the Shanghai Futures Exchange were down across the board.

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