According to the American Iron and Steel Institute, in the week ending May 17 2014, US domestic raw steel production was 1,838,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 76.4 percent. Production was 1,833,000 net tons in the ...
Tags: Crude Steel, Iron, Steel
Ethylene spot prices in Northwest Europe increased marginally week on week to Eur885/mt ($1,214/mt) FD NWE Friday on the back of a fall in steam cracker utilization rates, which helped managed the oversupply in ethylene, sources said. ...
Tags: Ethylene, Utilization Rates
Freight rates to ship coal from northern China's Qinhuangdao port to the other Chinese ports of Zhangjiagang, Shanghai and Guangzhou fell for a third straight week, Qinhuangdao port said Tuesday. Rates from Qinhuangdao to Zhangjiagang for ...
Tags: Coal stocks, Qinhuangdao Port
On May 13, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced that during last week (May 5-11) the overall average finished steel price in China declined by 0.2 percent compared to the previous week. In the given week, the average prices of ...
Colombian coal exports in March fell to their lowest level in a year, at 3.331 million mt, down 18.1% from February, data from statistics agency DANE showed. The monthly export volume drop-off corresponded to a ban imposed in January on ...
Tags: Coal Exports, thermal coal
As of May 6, inventory of iron ore at 33 major Chinese ports amounted to 108.95 million mt, up 640,000 mt or 0.59 percent compared to the inventory level recorded on April 28, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency. As of the same ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Chinese Ports
On May 6, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced that during last week (April 28-May 4) the overall average finished steel price in China declined by 0.1 percent compared to the previous week. In the given week, the average prices ...
Tags: Finished Steel, welded pipe
A three-month old arbitrage window to export Asian butadiene to the US that had been slowly closing earlier this month has widened again this week and as a result producers and traders have been heard trying to arrange for butadiene cargoes ...
Tags: Butadiene, Asian butadiene
As of April 28, inventory of iron ore at 33 major Chinese ports amounted to 108.31 million mt, down 100,000 mt or 0.09 percent compared to the inventory level recorded on April 21, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency. As of the ...
Tags: Iron Ore, spot market
US raw steel production moved up about 1.5% week on week due to gains in the Northeast and Great Lakes regions, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute. The US produced about 1.84 million st of raw steel at an average ...
In the week from April 21 to April 27, on the Orbis Steel Index the Turkish scrap index continued to decrease, while the US (East Coast) HMS I/II scrap export index switched to sideways movement. In the given week, the Turkish rebar index ...
Tags: Steel, Construction, Metallurgy, Mineral
US spot ethylene settled at a 12-week high Thursday to be assessed at 56.5-57 cents/lb FD USG, up 3 cents/lb week on week, as a delay in the startup of a major transmission line between Texas and Louisiana, tightening supply amid a busy ...
Domestic spot prices of high carbon ferrochrome (50% basis Cr) in China were unchanged week-on-week at Yuan 6,600-6,800/mt (81-83.5 cents/lb) delivered with 17% VAT on Wednesday as the market waited for May purchase prices from the ...
As of April 21, inventory of iron ore at 33 major Chinese ports amounted to 108.41 million mt, indicating a decrease of 520,000 mt or 0.48 percent week on week, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency. As of the same date, the ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Chinese Ports
On April 22, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced that during last week (Apr. 14-20) the overall average finished steel price in China declined by 0.1 percent compared to the previous week. In the given week, the average prices of ...
Tags: Finished Steel, hot rolled strip, round bar