6 June 2017
Metals Weekly
Domestic flat steel prices decline; Zinc falls below USD2,500/t
Indian steel:
Long product (TMT Mumbai) prices were down ~1% WoW.
Sponge iron and domestic scrap prices were unchanged. Domestic iron ore
prices were unchanged. Pellet prices were lower. Domestic HRC prices
were down ~3% WoW. Domestic prices are now at a discount to import
parity prices.
Raw materials:
Iron ore prices (China cfr) were unchanged WoW. Thermal
coal prices were up 1% WoW. Coking coal prices were unchanged, trading
at ~USD150/t. China pellet import prices were up ~4% WoW.
Europe:
HRC prices were unchanged. EU steel spreads remain high on
strength in steel prices. CIS export HRC prices were unchanged. Rotterdam
scrap prices were down ~3% WoW.
China:
Local HRC prices were down ~1% WoW, while rebar prices fell ~5%
WoW. Chinese steel product spreads on rebars are at multi-year highs.
Export HRC/rebar prices were unchanged.
Base metals:
Aluminum (cash LME) was down ~2% WoW. Alumina prices
were up ~USD20/t WoW. Zinc (cash LME) was down ~4% WoW, closing
below USD2,500/t mark. Lead was down ~1% WoW. Copper was down
~2% WoW. Crude oil (Brent) prices were down ~5% WoW.
BSE Metals Index v/s Sensex
Source: Bloomberg
Note: Indexed to 100 on 20 March 2017
Stock performance table on pg 26
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Dhruv Muchhal
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