Jul 22, 2021 | Stainless Espresso
Global demand will continue to keep container rates up. At least until the Chinese Lunar New Year in 2022. Freight rates from India and Pakistan are also rising significantly due to a lack of containers and tight shipping schedules. In China, ferromolybdenum prices...
Jul 21, 2021 | Stainless Espresso
Stainless steel buyers report finding fewer and fewer suitable offers for their sales markets. The world takes a critical look at the European “Fit for 55” and the Carbon Border Tax CBAM. EU steelmakers are unhappy with their own lobbying. And iron ores...
Jul 20, 2021 | Stainless Espresso
After brief Covid19 concerns, base metals had executed a slight downward correction on a broad front yesterday, Monday, July 19, 2021. Today, the prices of nickel, aluminum, copper and others are already rising again. In the United States, nickel premiums are in short...
Jul 19, 2021 | Stainless Espresso
In Europe, particularly in Germany and the BENELUX states, further delivery delays and major technical problems are reported at some coil product producers. Nickel is rising on the LME and SHFE. In China, there is hot demand for nickel ores and NPI. And Chinese...
Jul 17, 2021 | Stainless Espresso
In the United States, prices for cold-rolled coil and sheet and galvanized steel sheet have risen last week (16 July, 2021) to an all-time high of over $100 per cwt. And in South America, flat steel imports are becoming increasingly expensive due to high freight rates...
