December 2015

Trade log December 2015: Aluminium

The latest aluminium transactions, bids, offers and assessments for the month commencing December 1.

IN FIGURES: China’s ferro-alloys imports in November

A summary of China’s ferro-alloys imports in November.

MB NON-FERROUS PRICE CHANGES

The following MB non-ferrous free market prices changed on Friday December 18:

WEEK IN BRIEF: Fed raises interest rates; nickel stocks; Trafigura results; TC/RCs fall; ores and alloys cuts

Metal Bulletin reviews some of the key news from the past five days in the metals markets.

ASIAN MORNING BRIEF: Latest metal markets news on December 18

A round-up of the latest news from the metal markets to start the day in Asia on Friday December 18.

TAPPED IN: Counting the ferro-alloys cuts

Metal Bulletin starting counting cuts in global copper production in November and soon decided to replicate its counter in ferro-alloys.

Yildirim will cut 250kt chrome ore from January

Yildirim Group will suspend 250,000 tonnes of chrome ore production in Turkey from January 2016, because of low prices, the industrial group announced on Thursday December 17.

MILLING ABOUT: Parham Ghazi Saeedi leaves Fesil

Parham Ghazi Saeedi has left his role as commercial director at Fesil Sales Group, Metal Bulletin understands.

WEEK IN BRIEF: Glencore reduces debt target; nickel bears; Freeport, Nyrstar cut output; FeCr benchmark falls; cobalt technical squeeze

Metal Bulletin reviews some of the key news from the past five days in the metals markets.

FeCr, Cr ore prices drop in Europe, China

Ferro-chrome prices consolidated at the lower end of the trading range of Friday December 11, days after the European ferro-chrome benchmark dropped 11.5%.