[Ferro-Alloys.com] Sao Paulo — Brazilian integrated steelmaker CSN shipped 1.32 million mt of steel products in the second quarter of 2018, up 13% from 1.17 million mt in Q2 2017, according to results released Wednesday.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] New York — The petroleum futures complex tumbled Wednesday on concerns that new tariffs imposed by the US and China on each other would slow economic growth, and on refined product inventory builds in the US.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Sydney — The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has raised its fiscal 2018-2019 iron ore price forecast for 62% Fe iron ore fines, on views that demand for mid-grade iron ore will increase as high-grade premium proves too costly, it said Tuesda...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Sydney — Australian miner Mineral Resources said Tuesday its shipments of iron ore fell 24% year on year to 2.22 million wet mt in the April-June quarter following the cessation of mining at a Yilgarn project.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] The Chinese goods to be subject to a 25% tariff include check valves of iron or steel, brazed aluminum plate-fin heat exchangers, and aluminum electrolytic fixed capacitors.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] H.C. Starck's Fabricated Products Division (FPR) launches its molybdenum thermal spray powders, which are spherical and designed for maximum flowability. H.C. Starck's thermal spray powders are technologically advanced to improve and restore...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Tokyo — Japanese special steel producer Daido Steel Tuesday raised its stainless bar and section prices for July contracts (September delivery) by 10%.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] US hot-rolled coil prices continued to rise Friday and are now at a high not seen since October 2008.