Prices for long and flat stainless steel products in Europe were stable this week, but at least one producer has announced sharp increases for March and the rest of the market is expected to follow suit.
22 February 2019
Ross Yeo
Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia, Europe and the United States for the week ending Friday February 22.
22 February 2019
Chris Kavanagh, Susan Zou, Jon Stibbs, Amy Lv
The latest ferro-vanadium and vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) transactions, bids, offers and assessments in Europe and China.
21 February 2019
Charlotte Radford, Chris Kavanagh
Domestic stainless steel prices in China increased slightly over the past week amid an uptick in demand.
21 February 2019
Jessica Zong
Import prices for stainless steel in East Asia inched up over the past week, with the upward momentum in regional prices subsiding on soft demand, sluggish spot trading and the stable nickel market.
20 February 2019
Fiona Lam
Low grade ore prices rose strongly over the week ended Friday February 15 when some consumers accepted offer prices for March delivery that were increased over the Chinese New Year break.
18 February 2019
Janie Davies, Declan Conway, Karen Ng, Jon Stibbs
Fastmarkets’ UG2 chrome ore price strengthened in China on Friday February 15 ahead of stainless steel production restarts after Lunar New Year, while alloy prices in Europe and the United States fell.
18 February 2019
Janie Davies, Karen Ng, Jon Stibbs, Amy Lv
The Chinese markets for domestic and export ferro-silicon rose in the week ended Friday February 15 on renewed demand after the Lunar New Year holiday, while the European market is stable, with traders offering alloy at about €20-30 per tonne below producer offer prices.
18 February 2019
Declan Conway, Karen Ng
Ammonium paratungstate (APT) and ferro-tungsten prices were unchanged in Europe last week with China slowly coming back to the market following the Lunar New Year holiday, while the concentrate price continued to gain support from tight supply.
18 February 2019
Ewa Manthey, Huaqing Fu
Steel alloy surcharges in the European stainless steel market were widely expected to increase sharply for March because of recent rises in the price of nickel, Fastmarkets heard on Friday February 15.
15 February 2019
Ross Yeo
