DAILY: China spot thermal coal buyers remain on sidelines
Chinese thermal coal buyers mostly remained on the sidelines for spot cargoes on April 18 despite prevailing optimism in the market, as there hasn't been a clear improvement in their demand for the fuel so far.
Apr 19, 2024 10:35
DAILY: China's rebar prices move higher, sales retreat
China's rebar prices continued the upward trajectory on April 18, while buyers presented a waning appetite for construction steel including rebar in the spot market on the same day.
Apr 19, 2024 10:30
DAILY: China's met coke prices gain strength from supply shortage
The trading in China's metallurgical coke market was brisk on April 18, leading to mild shortage of coke supplies as coke producers remained slack in production due to persistent losses, market sources observed. The bullish market sentiment on met coke prices thus thickened.
Apr 19, 2024 10:10
WEEKLY: Chinese mills' steel stocks decline steadily
Stocks of the five major carbon steel products held by the Chinese steel mills under Mysteel's regular survey declined for a fifth straight week over April 11-17, with the total volume down by another 6.7% on week at 5.4 million tonnes.
Apr 19, 2024 09:00
Daily: Cobalt market 2024.4.19
Price: Outlook: The price of cobalt intermediate products declined slightly with weak cost supports. At present, the downstream demand doesn't have the sign in recovery, and most cathode factories have not shown any signs of entering the market. A few of them tried to lower prices, making it diff
Apr 19, 2024 08:58
Morning briefing: Lithium prices keep rangebound with sellers and buyers in tug-of-war
Lithium: The lithium ore market was relatively quiet at present, with the bids and offers showing increasingly large difference. The spot supply of high-grade spodumene concentrate was tight, and the traders awaited further pricehike. Some ore traders processed the lithium ore into lithium carbonate
Daily: Ternary material market 2024.4.19
Price: Outlook: The downstream demand was slow in recovery, and enterprises with raw material advantages in the market were shipping at low prices, which makes it difficult for other enterprises to increase their prices. As such, a number of enterprises suffered losses, leading to fierce market c
Apr 19, 2024 08:46
DAILY: China imported iron ore prices rise further
Chinese imported iron ore prices for port stocks and seaborne cargoes both rose for the second straight day on April 18 as market players were generally optimistic regarding the future performance of domestic ferrous commodities. Trading activity retreated in both markets, however.
Apr 18, 2024 19:21
Steel stocks at Chinese traders fall steadily
The steady decline in stocks of the five major steel items held by traders across China under Mysteel's tracking that began in mid-March continues, with inventories thinning for the sixth straight week over April 12-18 by another 4.6%, the results of the latest survey showed. Behind the erosion in s
Apr 18, 2024 18:00
Daily: China LNG prices continue to rise
China spot LNG delivery price averaged at Yuan 4,306/tonne on April 18, up Yuan 36/t from previous trading day. Imported LNG ex-terminal price was at Yuan 4,098/tonne, up Yuan 145/t from previous trading day. LNG sales volume by truck at coastal terminals was 57,750 tonnes on April 17, an increase o
Apr 18, 2024 17:03
Zinc concentrates prices: Kunming
Boiler & container plate prices: Wuxi
Patterned steel coil prices: Baotou
Aluminum alloy prices: Henan
Construction steel prices: Nanyang