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Key data from the Wednesday September 5 pricing session in Shanghai. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The US secondary aluminium alloy market's benchmark A380.1 price has fallen to its lowest point since September 2017, but alloy producers have continued to resist pressure to discount offers, capitalizing on record-wide spreads between aluminium scrap and alloy prices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Good morning from Metal Bulletin's offices in Asia as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Wednesday August 29. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Brass scrap prices are continuing to deteriorate in the United States, with scrap supplies outpacing domestic demand due to the impact of shrinking appetites from Chinese buyers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The following Metal Bulletin UK non-ferrous scrap and foundry ingot prices changed on Wednesday August 29: [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

US spent lead-acid battery and lead scrap prices tumbled lower - with a combination of abundant supply, limited demand and sustained softness on the London Metal Exchange continuing to fuel a more than two-month decline in prices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Prices for 300-series stainless steel scrap continued to decline in the United States this week, with the 304 bellweather grade leading the way. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One US scrap sale to Turkey concluded late last week indicated a partial recovery in global scrap markets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Turkish domestic scrap prices have recovered over the past two weeks with an uptick in imported scrap prices and slightly better demand for finished steel products, sources said on Tuesday August 28. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Turkish scrap import prices went up on Tuesday August 28 with news of a US cargo sold during the Eid al-Adha religious holiday last week. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The secondary aluminium scrap market in the United States continues to correct, fueled by a combination of strong consumer inventory positions and ample supply. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Secondary aluminium alloys prices were steady this week in the United States, buoyed by strong demand from die-casters and rigid spot offers from producers - demonstrating producers' resilience to depressed scrap metal prices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Buyers in the United States pushed pig iron prices below $400 per tonne during the week ended Friday August 24 amid a weak scrap market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Key data from the Wednesday August 22 pricing session in Europe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

US ferrous scrap export prices have fallen significantly since late June, with sales to Turkey and India cementing the market at $300 per tonne cfr for an 80:20 mix of No 1 and No 2 heavy melting scrap (HMS). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Turkish steel producers concluded a third day without trading due to the religious holiday of Eid al-Adha on Wednesday August 22, with some fearing that traders may not come back to the market until September. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Turkish steel producers remained quiet on Tuesday August 21 while the Eid al-Adha religious holiday continued. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

India’s first legal car-shredding operations will begin to generate shredded steel scrap next year but this additional material will not prevent a rise in the volume of the country’s scrap imports after 2019, according to Metal Bulletin Research (MBR). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Secondary aluminium alloy prices are steady in the United States even as the spread between benchmark A380.1 product and non-ferrous auto shred (twitch) extends to the widest point in nearly a decade. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The latest metal markets news and price moves to start the North American day on Monday August 20. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The global steel and ferrous scrap markets have been turned upside down on a flurry of unexpected trade flows caused by a combination of economic jitters in Turkey, trade defences by the United States and production cuts in China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ferrous scrap from the United States’ east coast has been offered to Vietnam in an unexpected shift in trade flows, adding on to supply pressure in the cfr Vietnam market, market sources said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Metal Bulletin has today launches four weekly grade-316 alloy steel scrap assessments - two for the UK and two for Europe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

European prices for austenitic alloy steel scrap decreased because of lower nickel prices this week, with market activity remaining subdued during the seasonal summer slowdown. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Turkish steel producers returned to the deep-sea scrap markets and resumed their September bookings at lower prices on Friday August 17. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The global scrap markets were significantly affected by the political tensions between the United States and Turkey during the working week from Monday August 13 to Friday August 17, and by the collapse in Turkish import prices at the end of the week. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

German steelmakers have settled their monthly scrap contracts for August with a drop of about €5 ($6) per tonne, sources told Metal Bulletin this week. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Turkish domestic scrap market has plunged with the latest downturn in the country’s currency in the past week, sources said on Monday August 13. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

UK ferrous scrap prices for deliveries in August have dropped due to a combination of seasonally slower domestic demand and lower dock prices to destinations such as Turkey and the Indian subcontinent, trade sources told Metal Bulletin this week. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The deep-sea scrap market remained quiet on Monday August 13, with the political crisis between the United States and Turkey sendng the Turkish lira even further down against the US dollar. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Turkish steel producers went quiet again on Tuesday August 7 after a sharp decline in the exchange value of the country’s currency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The following Metal Bulletin UK non-ferrous scrap and foundry ingot prices changed on Wednesday August 8: [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

US scrap export prices have fallen and are still subject to further downside risk after a recent sale to Turkey, market participants said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The weak Turkish lira continued to keep the country's steelmakers out of the deep-sea scrap market on Wednesday August 8. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Key data from the Wednesday August 8 pricing session in Europe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Stainless steel scrap prices in the United States slipped slightly after London Metal Exchange nickel prices dove at the start of the month, but the market could see some support from a nickel recovery and renewed activity after the summer lull, according to sources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Turkish rebar and wire rod export prices have gone down over the past week in line with the weak demand and falling imported scrap prices, sources said on Thursday August 9. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Turkish deep-sea scrap import prices have gone down with the news of a fresh Baltic Sea cargo, despite overall demand still being very weak, sources said on Thursday August 9. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Asia’s scrap prices diverged this week, with demand for bulk-shipment cargoes picking up in Vietnam, while ample supply in Taiwan led to a drop in container prices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Global scrap prices continued to fall in the week ended Friday August 3 due to weak demand pushing prices down. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Turkish steel producers ended the week on Friday August 3 having bought no new deep-sea cargoes since a deal on Wednesday for a cargo from Europe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The pig iron market in the United States has softened this week on poor global scrap prices and expectations of a domestic scrap price reduction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Prices for containerized shredded scrap imported into India edged up this week on deals done at higher levels, although market sentiment remained negative, sources told Metal Bulletin on Friday August 3. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The UK light iron scrap market has been flat this week, stabilizing after losses a week earlier, with market attention focused on the start of monthly delivery negotiations in the UK for settlements to domestic consumers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Austenitic prices in Europe for alloy steel scrap have been stable this week in typically quiet summer activity, while in the UK some small reductions reflect slightly softer nickel prices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Terms for blister copper refining charges (RCs) in China dropped notably month on month in July while declining copper scrap imports gave rise to additional demand for overseas blister copper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The pig iron export market in the Commonwealth of Independent States has softened on falling scrap prices, sources told Metal Bulletin on Thursday August 2. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ferrous scrap export prices are down on both US coasts, as Turkish and South Korean mills secured lower prices than in recent weeks for US scrap. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Downward pressure continues to pervade the aluminium scrap market in the United States with no end in sight, with oversupply amplifying fears of further deterioration and sending some prices lower. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Prices for ferrous scrap exported from the United States to Turkey are largely stable on a cfr basis, slipping by just $2 per tonne for both shredded and heavy melting scrap (HMS) in the latest deals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]