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FOCUS: Chinese buyers to shift to spot market for cobalt raw materials

Chinese buyers have been reluctant to commit to long-term contracts for cobalt raw materials for 2019 during this year’s mating season, Fastmarkets has learned.

November 20, 2018
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METALS MORNING VIEW 20/11: Metals prices mixed, but weaker dollar helping to offset influence from weak equities

Jittery stock markets and ongoing disappointment over United States/China trade developments continued to put either a cap on the base metals – the exception being tin that broke higher at the start of this week – or keep them under pressure, in the likes of nickel and aluminium.

November 20, 2018
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Specifications of SGX MB Iron Ore cfr China 65% Fe swaps, futures contracts

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) will launch high-grade iron ore swaps and futures contracts on December 3. Here is a summary of the contracts' specifications:

November 20, 2018
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EUROPEAN MORNING BRIEF 20/11: Trade tensions sink SHFE base metals; cif China Mn ore prices edge higher; Brazilian court rules Vale must keep Onça Puma at standstill

Good morning from Fastmarkets MB’s offices in Asia as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Tuesday November 20.

November 20, 2018
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By Anna Xu

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LIVE FUTURES REPORT 20/11: SHFE base metals prices mostly down on renewed trade concerns; lead buoyed by tightening supply

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were broadly little changed to weaker during Asian morning trading on Tuesday November 20, with the complex stymied by renewed concerns surrounding the United States-China trade spat.

November 20, 2018
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By Huaqing Fu

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Norilsk Nickel plans to expand nickel production to meet growing EV demand

Russian copper and nickel producer Norilsk Nickel unveiled plans to expand its nickel and copper production by 15% over seven years in a presentation to investors in London on Monday November 19.

November 20, 2018
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ASIAN MORNING BRIEF 20/11: Nickel futures hit hard; Shanghai copper premiums may rise; Antofagasta targets record output

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Tuesday November 20.

November 20, 2018
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COVERAGE NOTE: Corrections to Q3 Pulp Prices in PPI P&PW Nov. 16

Please note that due to a spreadsheet error, US third quarter pulp prices were initially published incorrectly in PPI Pulp & Paper Week Nov. 16. The correct prices are: Southern Bleached Softwood Kraft (US) – $1,333 Northern and Southern Mixed Bleached Hardwood Kraft (Canadian/US) $1,192 Bleached Hardwood Kraft (Eucalyptus) – $1,235 Unbleached Softwood Kraft (Canadian/US) […]

November 20, 2018
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US hot-rolled coil index drops on index-minus deals

Hot-rolled coil prices fell $1 per hundredweight – 2.5% – last week and now sit solidly below $40 per cwt ($800 per short ton).

November 20, 2018
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METALS MORNING VIEW 19/11: Metals disappointed by lack of trade progress, but most prices hold up well

Disappointment that United States/China trade talks are not making progress has once again dampened sentiment in the London Metal Exchange's three-month base metals prices to the extent there has been little follow through to the strength seen at the end of last week.

November 19, 2018
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PRICING NOTICE: Delayed publication of daily European HRC indices

The publication of Fastmarkets’ daily European steel hot-rolled coil (HRC) price indices for July 14 were delayed because of a technical error that interrupted the peer-review process.

July 14, 2021

By: Ross Yeo

Egypt’s GASC buys 180k Romanian wheat at $265.31/mt CFR

Egypt’s state grain buyer bought 180,000 mt of Romanian milling wheat in a tender announced earlier today from Ameropa and…

July 14, 2021

By: Veronika Prykhodko

SSF 2021: Automotive producers likely to lead the drive to ‘green steel’

Automotive producers are likely to be the first downstream sector to shift toward using “green steel,” Saudi Arabian steel producer Sulb Co’s chief executive Ravi Singh told delegates at the Singapore Steel Forum 2021 on Wednesday July 14.

July 14, 2021

By: Paul Lim

Riots, looting trigger force majeure at South African ports

Widespread violence and looting have triggered declarations of force majeure at ports in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal, threatening to stall exports of chrome and manganese.

July 14, 2021

By: Jon Stibbs

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