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Commodity prices from Supply Management issue 2 September 2010

These figures have been compiled from several sources and are intended as a guide to trends. SM disclaims any responsibility for the use of this information.  

The London Metal exchange has replaced the plastics cash buyer price with a figure for cash plus settlement figure, based on buyers’ price and sellers’ prices. The historical prices now use the cash mean figure, which averages buyers’ and sellers’ prices, instead of the cash buyer price printed in SM at the time.

*Prices are the latest freely available to SM from the following sources.

**Historical plastic prices are cash mean prices

Sources: Steel: MEPS (International) Ltd European Steel Review (0114 2750570). Non-ferrous metals: Metal Bulletin (020 7827 9977) and London Metal Exchange (020 7264 5555). Plastics: London Metal Exchange (020 7264 5555). Chemicals: ICIS Chemical Business (020 8652 3187). Fuel: John Hall Associates (020 7605 2300). Soft commodities: The Public Ledger (01892 530120). Timber: Resource News International (+1 204 947 1700). Pulp, paper and board: PPL Research (www.pplresearch.co.uk).

 

 

 

Latest

3 months

ago

1 year

ago

5 years ago

Steel: EU average transaction prices, index 1997=100, April

 

 

 

 

 

Hot rolled coil, 2-3mm x over 1.1 metres

 

214.9

156.7

137.2

196.2

Cold rolled coil, 1 mm x over 1.3 metres

 

167.6

130.8

122.5

164.0

Stainless steel type 304, hot rolled coil (world price)

 

195.8

164.1

112.3

n/a

Stainless steel type 304, cold rolled coil (world price)

 

182.8

155.2

109.1

150.2

Hot rolled plate, 15-40 mm x over 2 metres

 

209.4

151.6

173.2

222.0

Medium sections and beams, 240mm x 240mm

 

175.1

147.0

146.1

166.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-ferrous metals: July

 

 

 

 

 

Aluminium LME cash $/te*

 

1987.30

2316.08

1667.11

1778.40

Aluminium alloy LME cash $/te*

 

1983.55

2161.13

1500.83

1564.81

Aluminium European free market LM24 ingot £/te

 

1585.00

1705.00

1004.00

964.38

Cadmium free market min 99.95% cents/lb

 

195.00

195.00

137.50

203.33

Cobalt min 99.8% free market $/lb

 

20.08

23.40

18.11

13.62

Copper grade A, LME cash $/te*

 

6734.00

7743.70

5213.72

3613.57

Gold London morning £/troy oz

 

782.83

749.12

571.17

242.52

Lead LME cash $/te*

 

1835.82

2264.10

1677.50

854.07

Molybdenum oxide Europe free market $/lb

 

14.32

17.65

13.27

31.08

Nickel LME cash $/te*

 

19508.18

26014.75

15976.09

14570.83

Nickel Europe free market uncut cathodes $/tonne, premium

 

175.00

175.00

100.00

110.00

Palladium morning $/troy oz

 

456.00

533.75

248.24

184.48

Phosphor bronze PB1 ex-works ingots £/te

 

5960.00

6420.00

4430.00

2537.50

Platinum European free market morning $/troy oz

 

1526.77

1717.50

1161.26

874.38

Rhodium European free market min 99.9% $/troy oz

 

2310.56

2837.50

1480.00

1953.33

Silver London spot pence/troy oz

 

1175.36

1180.57

816.80

400.67

Tin LME cash $/te*

 

18174.55

18669.25

14013.26

7164.64

Titanium Ferro-titanium 70% (max 4.5% Al), $/kg, d/d Europe

 

6.22

7.22

3.28

n/a

Tungsten European free market APT $/mtu

 

237.17

215.69

186.50

281.11

Zinc LME cash $/te*

 

1842.89

2366.00

1577.80

1194.08

Zinc alloy ZL3 £/te

 

1715.00

2093.00

1484.00

960.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plastics: LME official prices, cash and settlement, $/te, 19 August**

 

 

 

 

 

Polypropylene, global

 

1240

1240

1005

n/a

Polypropylene, Europe

 

1290

1335

1075

n/a

Polyethylene, linear low-density, global

 

1125

1160

990

n/a

Polyethylene, linear low-density, Europe

 

1400

1350

1185

n/a

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chemicals: European spot $/te, 4 August

 

 

 

 

 

Benzene

 

915-945

n/a

980-1045

805-820

Butadiene

 

1950-2000

n/a

1050-1100

n/a

Ethylene

 

975-1000

n/a

845-860

790-810

Methanol ¤/te

 

226-230

n/a

170-180

195-197

Naphtha

 

670-680

n/a

569-579

480-495

Styrene

 

1110-1150

n/a

1050-1280

1040-1060

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fuel: UK contract prices, incl. duty, £/litre, July

 

 

 

 

 

Gas oil

 

0.48

0.52

0.39

0.32

Kerosene

 

0.39

0.42

0.31

0.29

Diesel

 

0.96

0.99

0.84

0.75

Unleaded gasoline

 

0.95

0.99

0.85

0.23

Crude oil Brent blend, spot $/barrel, 20 August

 

73.47-73.49

70.44-70.46

73.70-73.72

64.98-65.04

 

 

 

 

 

 

Soft commodities: unless stated, £/te and 20 August

 

 

 

 

 

Rapeseed oil refined, ex-works UK

 

734

671

606

455

Castor oil, any origin, fob Rotterdam, $/te

 

1840

1760

1305

925

Corn/maize, CBOT, ¢/56lb bushel, opening price

 

414.25

368.5

319.75

209.5

Wheat, London Grade B futures – Liffe

 

150

106.75

97

65

Wool AWEX eastern indicator, Aus ¢/kg

 

874

871

823

698

Cotton, ICE futures 1st column opening (¢/lb)

 

87.22

82.73

56.92

46

Coffee, Liffe futures, $/te, opening price

 

1721

1289

1407

969

Cocoa, Liffe futures

 

2061

2313

1870

800

Sugar white, Liffe futures, $/te

 

575.6

500.8

548.7

286.4

Tea, Kenya Auction multi origin best BP1 $/kg

 

3.78

3.48

3.7

2.58

Rubber, Kuala Lumpur physicals (fob Malaysia ¢/kg)

 

1150.5

1156

718

620

Timber North America Western white woods, $/1000 board feet, 2in x 6in, 18 June

 

195

206

206

265

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pulp, paper, board: July

 

 

 

 

 

Pulp NBSK £/te

 

642

601

396

339.2

Graphic paper, index Jan 1999=100

 

120.3

112.3

114.3

95.8

Packaging paper and board, index Jan 1999=100

 

202.6

180.5

148.0

123.0

**Historical plastic prices are cash mean prices

Sources: Steel: MEPS (International) Ltd European Steel Review (0114 2750570). Non-ferrous metals: Metal Bulletin (020 7827 9977) and London Metal Exchange (020 7264 5555). Plastics: London Metal Exchange (020 7264 5555). Chemicals: ICIS Chemical Business (020 8652 3187). Fuel: John Hall Associates (020 7605 2300). Soft commodities: The Public Ledger (01892 530120). Timber: Resource News International (+1 204 947 1700). Pulp, paper and board: PPL Research (www.pplresearch.co.uk).

 

 

 


 

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