The following fortnightly prices were inadvertently published by Fastmarkets on Friday January 4 due to a reporter error.

Fastmarkets will launch two new manganese ore China port indices on a free-on-truck (fot) basis on Friday January 11.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were stronger across the board by an average of 0.6% this morning, Wednesday January 9.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were up across the board during Asian morning trading on Wednesday January 9, with the complex finding support from optimism stemming from positive trade headlines.

European long steel buyers were quiet throughout December on uncertainties arising from the United States' various trade wars, but a European Commission quota proposal in January has offered some hope of more certainty to sellers.

Fastmarkets has corrected its Turkey import hot-rolled coil price, which was published incorrectly on Friday January 4.

Fastmarkets is proposing to discontinue the SteelBenchmarker price series on March 1, 2019.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were for the most part weaker this morning, Tuesday January 8.

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange broadly consolidated during Asian morning trading on Tuesday January 8, with market participants awaiting developments in the ongoing trade talks between China and the United States.

Nucor executives think the company’s new, $1.35-billion plate mill will roll in the black by taking market share from both imports and domestic competitors.