Chinese import prices for ferrochrome and charge chrome were unchanged this week, as market activities slowed ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays starting end-January. The spot price for Indian-origin high carbon ferrochrome (58-60% Cr) ...
US sheet steel prices are turning lower, sources said Thursday, due to a combination of lackluster demand, import concerns, and a slight weakening of discipline at the mill level. Platts lowered its hot-rolled coil assessment from ...
Tags: Steel Sheet, Weak Demand
A few Chinese thermal coal buyers were reportedly concluding deals for March-delivered imported shipments, even as most of them were getting ready to wind up for the upcoming holidays, sources said Monday. A mini-Capesize cargo of ...
The Chinese import price for Indian-origin ferrochrome (58-60% Cr) inched higher to 84-86 cents/lb CIF China Friday, from 84-85 cents/lb CIF a week ago, as Chinese buyers lifted their price ideas amid a strengthening Chinese yuan against ...
Tags: Origin Material, Chemicals
More Chinese thermal coal buyers may renege on contracts for imported thermal coal shipments as international prices continue to slide, sources said Tuesday. "All the [thermal coal] prices have come down and so some reports of Chinese ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Mineral
Tang Eng, one of the major stainless steel producers in Taiwan announced to raise its domestic prices for stainless hot rolled coils (HRC) and cold rolled coils (CRC) by NT$1,500/ton and NT$1,000/ton respectively for January in order to ...
Reportedly, the two major steelmakers in Turkey, Kardemir and Icdas, both announced to increase bar prices for the Turkish domestic market and the new prices will be effective from January 7th. The two companies explained that the ...
Tags: Bar Mills, Turkish Bar Mills, Prices Rise
It's reported that Chung Hung Steel, one of the major carbon steelmakers in Taiwan announced to hike its export prices for hot rolled coils (HRC) and cold rolled coils (CRC) by US$10~US$20/ton for February deliveries in order to reflect ...
Tags: Taiwanese Steel, Chung Hung, Coil Steel, Export Prices
Chinese domestic thermal coal prices have fallen further, fuelling speculation that some power utilities might be looking to walk away from existing contracts for imported material, sources said Monday. "I have heard rumours maybe that ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Domestic Prices
Cotton prices soared in 2013. This scenario is a result of the decrease of the planted area and the return of domestic demand and exports. In four months alone (May, June, September and November) quotes moved down, considering monthly ...
Tags: Cotton Prices, Textile
Recently, the Russian domestic prices of hot rolled (HR) plate and cold rolled (CR) sheet both showed a sign to drop. This is the first price down since the October of 2013. Currently, the CR sheet with the thickness of 1mm is quoted at ...
Tags: steel, metallurgy
Yusco, the largest stainless steel mills in the Taiwan, has released the latest market prices for January, 2014 as the domestic prices of stainless steel 300 series hot rolled coil, cold rolled coil and 400 series increase by about ...
Tags: steel, metallurgy
Taiwan's CPC and Formosa Petrochemical have both raised domestic retail prices of gasoline and diesel by T$0.50/liter ($0.020/liter) effective Monday, according to the companies' websites. The change raises both refiners' retail prices ...
Tags: Gasoline, Diesel Prices
China plans to discontinue its cotton and soybean purchasing and storage mechanism soon and offer direct subsidies to farmers instead, according to the Xinhua News Agency. Finance Minister Lou Jiwei said that the Chinese government will ...
The Platts weekly magnesium ingot (minimum 99.8%) assessment was rangebound at $2,600-2,630/mt FOB China Thursday, unchanged from a week earlier, amid lackluster spot trade. Spot export offers for Chinese magnesium ingot were rangebound ...
Tags: Domestic Prices, Mineral