Price Drivers

New effects on HRC prices due to the total ban on steel imports from Russia

Published by Luigi Bidoia. Oct. 6, 2023 .

Hot-Rolled Coils EU sanctions against Russia HRC Price Drivers

With the ban on slab imports, the European steel industry will be completely disconnected from the Russian one [ Read all ]

Stabilisation of FTT prices as a primary EU objective

Published by Luigi Bidoia. Sept. 12, 2022 .

Energy cost Natural Gas Electric Power Price Drivers

If speculation succeeds in moving prices in the desired direction, a body with adequate resources and credibility could set itself the goal of stabilising them [ Read all ]

Storm on Gas and Electricity

Published by Luigi Bidoia. July 27, 2022 .

Energy Energy cost Natural Gas Electric Power Price Drivers

Only a prolonged period of high prices will set in motion the forces for a rebalancing in the European gas and electricity market [ Read all ]

Energy transition and world demand for metals

Published by Donatella Talucci. June 29, 2022 .

Copper Non Ferrous Metals Price Drivers

What is the impact on metal prices due to the planned energy transition [ Read all ]

Moore's law and the strange case of semiconductors

Published by Luigi Bidoia. June 22, 2022 .

Semiconductors Electronic Components Price Drivers

Analysis of the mechanisms governing the industry can help reduce the uncertainty surrounding semiconductor prices [ Read all ]

Chaos Nickel

Published by Luigi Bidoia. June 15, 2022 .

LME Nickel Range Price Drivers

A case study of the failure of the financial market to form a single price [ Read all ]

Fundamentals of the gas market

Published by Luigi Bidoia. May 31, 2022 .

Natural Gas Forecast Price Drivers

The analysis of the dynamics of financial gas prices in Europe allows to reveal the evolution of the underlying fundamentals [ Read all ]

Fertilisers: the determinants of strong EU price growth

Published by Luigi Bidoia. May 16, 2022 .

Forecast Fertilizers Price Drivers

To study the possible future evolution of prices, a specific analysis of the various determinants is necessary [ Read all ]

The price of lithium did not follow the sharp increases recorded by the prices of non-ferrous metals

Published by Luigi Bidoia. May 2, 2022 .

Non Ferrous Metals Lithium Price Drivers

The poor development of a financial market for lithium limits the effects on current prices of scenarios of strong increases in its demand [ Read all ]