The price of primary nickel saw the biggest shift of the day, dropping 1.7 percent on the LME to close at $17,525 per metric ton on May 2, 2012. Also on the LME, the 3-month price of nickel fell 1.6 percent to $17,620 per metric ton. The cash price of Indian primary nickel weakened by [...]
LME Nickel Price Declines 2.3 Percent On May 1, 2012, the day’s biggest mover was the LME price of primary nickel, which saw a 2.3 percent decline to $17,835 per metric ton. The 3-month price of nickel weakened by 2.3 percent on the LME, settling at $17,910 per metric ton. The cash price of Indian [...]
Stainless Steel Raw Material Inputs The spot price of primary nickel saw the biggest upwards shift for the day in stainless steel and inputs markets, rising 1.6 percent on the LME to close at $18,255 per metric ton on April 30, 2012. Also on the LME, nickel 3-month prices rose 1.4 percent to $18,325 per [...]
Chinese Ferro Alloys Taking It Easy On April 16, 2012, the price of Chinese ferro-moly was unchanged, hovering above $23,000 per metric ton. For the fifth day in a row, the price of Chinese ferro-chrome remained essentially flat, staying above $1,300 per metric ton. Chinese Stainless Prices Holding Pat Chinese 316 stainless steel scrap saw [...]
Several weeks ago, a colleague of mine who works in video production and development forwarded me a link to a company video. (How he has the time to troll around the web to find such things is beyond me.) For this particular video, however, my colleague didn’t have to troll too long or hard. That’s [...]
by Lisa Reisman on April 12, 2012
Style: Industry News
Category: Ferrous Metals, Metal Prices, MetalMiner IndX, Non-ferrous Metals
Keywords: Aluminum, China, Coking Coal, Ferro Alloys, India, Iron Ore, Japan, LME, Nickel, Scrap Metal, Stainless Steel, Steel, USA
Chinese 304 Stainless Steel Scrap Prices Fall 3.7 Percent Chinese 304 stainless steel scrap saw the biggest price shift of the day in stainless prices, dropping 3.7 percent on April 11, 2012. For the fifth consecutive day, Chinese 304 stainless coil prices held flat near $3,000 per metric ton. Chinese 316 stainless coil prices saw [...]
by Lisa Reisman on April 11, 2012
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Category: Commodities, Sourcing Strategies
Keywords: Aluminum, Conflict Minerals, Copper, MetalMiner, Nickel, Rare Earth Metals, Stainless Steel, Steel, Titanium
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Photo by Nate Burgos While driving on Interstate 64 toward St. Louis, Missouri (aka “Gateway to the West”), I enjoyed a glimpse of one of its most cherished sights: the Gateway Arch. I’d seen pictures and knew a tiny bit of its history. But this was my first time seeing it in person, though from [...]