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Bulls increasingly optimistic for higher scrap prices in September
Turkish export prices for steel rebar and wire rod have remained stable over the past week despite limited demand, while domestic prices have inched upward on a weaker Turkish lira, market sources said on Thursday August 24
Stronger buying appetite for pellet feed products among Chinese buyers has led to higher seaborne premiums since late July, with market participants expecting a wider price gap between high-grade pellet feed and high-grade sinter fines, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday August 25
Abaxx Exchange Pte Ltd plans to launch its new nickel sulfate futures contract by the end of this year and is looking at other contracts in the battery raw materials space, its president told Fastmarkets in a recent interview
Fastmarkets proposes to calculate its index for iron ore 65% Fe Brazil-origin fines, cfr Qingdao, $/tonne – MB-IRO-0009 – to two decimal places, instead of one decimal place as is done currently.
Fastmarkets will on Thursday August 31 launch three barite prices to complement its existing coverage of the barite market.
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