China Aluminum Metal and Scrap Prices Mar 11 2010

WorldScrap- by the pressure of fund selling, London Metal Exchange (LME) future aluminum mildly lowered on 10th ended the continuing rising. And it finally closed at 2,225 points, down by 30 points or 1.33%. Stockpiles on Wednesday, LME aluminum stocks fell by 5,150 tons, and totally fell to 4,527,825 tons.
Today, Shanghai aluminum opened low, contract [...]

Chinese Steel Prices Keep Increasing March 10 2010

Prices Keep Growing, Let’s See What’s Next
It is a month already passed after Chinese New Year but situation in the steel market here didn’t become clear. An expected reviving after the holidays did not happen so the demand remains rather low. Time to time rumors about further hardening of government credit and investment policy are [...]

China Aluminum Market Price Summary March 9 2010

WorldScrap- Due to the lack of liquidity in the market, the London Metal Exchange (LME) future aluminum priced down from the highest price on the 8th March. The last price ended with a little higher at 2233 points, up by 8 points or by 0.36%. On Monday, Stockpiles of LME copper inventories fell by 6,225 [...]

China Scrap Metal Prices March 8 2010

08/03/10 Chinese Spot Prices for scrap metals in USD per ton
Motor copper $7,343
#1 Bare Bright $7,943
Shred Taint $1,850
Shred Tense $1,879
#1 Nickel $23,143
Shred Zinc $2,057
304 SS Sabot (18-8) $1,957
Lead $1,929
HMS $360
AOO Al Ingot $2,314
Shred SS (Ni = 7.8~8.0%) $2,000
Steel-making Pig Iron $399
Casting Pig Iron $421
Source www.worldscrap.com

Global copper prices recover on China move

According to www.commodityonline.com  - Global copper prices recovered in European trade Friday as China signaled it would maintain its economic stimulus, supporting hopes that demand from the world’s top consumer of industrial metals would remain firm.
However, trading was slow ahead of crucial U.S. payrolls data expected to show a big loss of jobs due to [...]

China Scrap Metal Prices in USD Per Ton Mar 2

02/03/10 Chinese Spot Prices for scrap metals – prices are in USD per ton
Motor copper $7,329
#1 Bare Bright $7,871
Shred Taint $1,843
Shred Tense $1,872
#1 Nickel $21,571
Shred Zinc $1,979
304 SS Sabot (18-8) $1,886
Lead $1,914
HMS $360
AOO Al Ingot $2,286
Shred SS (Ni = 7.8~8.0%) $1,957
Steel-making Pig Iron $399
Casting Pig Iron $421

China Scrap Prices Feb 24 2010

24/02/10 Chinese Spot Prices for scrap metals – prices are in United States Dollars per Ton
Motor copper $7,143
#1 Bare Bright $7,686
Shred Taint $1,857
Shred Tense $1,886
#1 Nickel $21,786
Shred Zinc $1,992
304 SS Sabot (18-8) $1,843
Lead $1,914
HMS $360
AOO Al Ingot $2,300
Shred SS (Ni = 7.8~8.0%) $1,914
Steel-making Pig Iron $399
Casting Pig Iron $421
Source www.worldscrap.com