India is now being viewed as an increasingly important destination for manganese ore because of expectations that its alloy production would ramp-up to meet rising internal demand, despite current weakness in the alloy market, Fastmarkets heard on Thursday May 19.
19 May 2022
Declan Conway, Jon Stibbs, Siyi Liu
China’s stainless-steel prices continued dropping in both the domestic and export markets over the week ending Wednesday May 18, due to soft demand and a drop in the nickel price.
19 May 2022
Jessica Zong
High carbon ferro-chrome prices remained stable in Europe in the week ended Tuesday May 17, the first week the range has remained flat since January 25.
18 May 2022
Claire Patel-Campbell
Buying sentiment for higher-grade manganese ore in China weakened in the week ended Friday May 13 in response to the depreciation of the yuan against the US dollar, which drove up import costs.
16 May 2022
Jon Stibbs, Siyi Liu
The price of cold-rolled flat stainless steel in Europe has decreased this week because of lower prices for imported Asian material and weakening domestic demand, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday May 13.
13 May 2022
Ross Yeo
China’s domestic stainless steel prices edged down on Wednesday May 11, due to continuing weak demand, despite transporation restrictions being lifted in the transaction hub of Wuxi, sources told Fastmarkets.
12 May 2022
Jessica Zong
The volatility in European prices for high-grade, high-carbon ferro-chrome has begun to decline, Fastmarkets heard on Wednesday May 11, with only modest rises in recent weeks.
11 May 2022
Claire Patel-Campbell
Ryerson Holding, a distributor of various metals including steel and base metals based in Chicago, United States, has invested in FreeFORM Technologies, a company that specializes in 3D printing and metal injection molding.
10 May 2022
Orla O'Sullivan
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday May 9 that are worth another look.
09 May 2022
Fastmarkets MB staff
The vacuum oxygen decarburization (VOD) unit at Turkish steelmaker Çolakoglu recently achieved a heat size of 298.2 tonnes, a new world record in stainless steelmaking, plant supplier Primetals said last week.
09 May 2022
Serife Durmus
