Argus ofrece una cobertura completa y detallada de los mercados mundiales de chatarra de materiales ferrosos y chatarra de no ferrosos, con más de 1000 precios evaluados por una red mundial de expertos altamente cualificados.
La fortaleza de Argus radica en nuestra capacidad de crear metodologías adecuadas para la dinámica comercial de un mercado al contado específico y de proporcionar mecanismos para valorar las aleaciones de chatarra.
Los participantes de la industria de la chatarra confían en nuestros amplios datos de precios para actuar como un mecanismo independiente de liquidación de contratos, y utilizan nuestras poderosas herramientas, como Argus Alloy Calculator, para estimar el valor intrínseco de las aleaciones de alta ingeniería.
Cobertura de ferrosos
Argus ofrece una visión regional completa de los mercados al contado más activos para chatarra de ferroso en regiones de todo el mundo. Cada precio está disponible para su comparación directa en multiples mercados, con conversiones de divisas y unidades de medida disponibles para estandarizar los gráficos y facilitar la detección de condiciones comerciales favorables.
Distinguidos por el distribudor fob o por los términos de de entrega al consumidor, todos los precios están alineados con las especificaciones comunes de la industria para esa región. Explore la lista completa de precios y especificaciones de la chatarra, incluyendo la duración del historial disponible en la plataforma Argus Metals para las calidades evaluadas.
- Paquetes
- Chatarra busheling
- Fundición/especialidad
- Fundido pesado
- Restos de torneado de taller de máquinas
- Placa y estructural
- Chatarra triturada
- Acero para herramientas
- Acero inoxidable y superaleaciones
- Alloy Calculator, donde el valor actual de cualquier aleación se puede calcular mediante una fórmula de valor intrínseco en ausencia de liquidez suficiente para producir una evaluación adecuada
Cobertura no ferrosa
Argus ofrece la gama completa de cobertura no ferrosa desde evaluaciones del precio de la chatarra en productos UBC, Zorba, taint, tweak y twitch, así como datos de intercambio (los precios de LME y Comex con retraso de 30 minutos son estándar con los productos Argus) y primas de metales base globales. Explore la lista completa de precios de la chatarra en cada categoría no ferrosa y visite la página de datos de intercambio para comprender el valor único que aporta Argus a través de su análisis de precios de intercambio globales.
- Precios de aluminio
- Precios de aleaciones de aluminio
- Precios de latón/bronce
- Precios de cobre
- Precios de plomo
- Precios de níquel
- Acero inoxidable y aleaciones
- Precios de zinc
- Alloy Calculator, que incluye más de 200 aleaciones comunes predefinidas
- Intercambio de datos
Aspectos destacados de la cobertura norteamericana
La cobertura de Argus del mercado de chatarra norteamericano se centra en los patrones de negociación del mercado al contado dentro de las ubicaciones comerciales nacionales regionales más activas, así como en las transacciones de exportación. Toda la cadena de valor está representada en el conjunto de evaluaciones de chatarra de Argus, desde la colecta en el campo hasta la entrega y los precios de consumo:
- 8 ubicaciones de precios de chatarra contenedores
- 14 ubicaciones de precios de chatarra de compra de consumidores, incluidos EE. UU. y Canadá
- 8 ubicaciones de precios de compra de chatarra de exportación
- 4 concesionarios que venden ubicaciones de precios de chatarra
- 139 precios regionales de recogida de chatarra de no ferrosos en EE. UU. y Canadá
- Grados primarios y obsoletos de las evaluaciones del precio de la chatarra
- Grados de molinos y fundiciones de las evaluaciones del precio de la chatarra: Precios del titanio, el acero inoxidable y la aleación de chatarra
- Evaluaciones medias ponderadas de chatarra busheling y desmenuzadas del sur de EE. UU.
Aspectos destacados de la cobertura europea
Argus Scrap Markets proporciona contexto e inteligencia a los mercados europeos de chatarra para ayudar a los laminadores de acero, proveedores de chatarra, compradores y fabricantes industriales a comprender mejor los mercados en los que operan. Argus produce más de 50 evaluaciones de precios de la chatarra europea, entre las que se incluyen:
- Precios de chatarra ferrosos doméstica alemana
- Precios de chatarra ferrosos doméstica española
- Precios de chatarra importada española
- Precios de chatarra ferrosos doméstica del Reino Unido
- Rusia, incluyendo San Petersburgo, precio en muelle
Aspectos destacados de la cobertura asiática
Argus lleva los precios asiáticos de chatarra de una variedad de mercados maduros generadores de chatarra y proporciona un análisis profundo de las operaciones en aguas profundas y las operaciones en aguas cortas. Argus cubre todo el alcance de la actividad de compra de acerías para la producción en hornos eléctricos de arco, incluyendo los aceros inoxidables y de ingeniería, en reconocimiento a la naturaleza global de muchas materias primas del acero compradas por acerías en todo el mundo:
- Taiwán importó precios de chatarra de ferroso
- India importó precios de chatarra de ferroso
- Pakistán importó precios de chatarra de ferroso
- Bangladesh importó precios de chatarra de ferroso
- China, Corea del Sur, Taiwán y Japón importaron precios de chatarra de aluminio
- China, Corea del Sur, Taiwán y Japón importaron precios de chatarra de cobre
Argus tiene una variedad de precios de chatarra globales en cada uno de sus tres productos principales: mercados de chatarra de Argus, mercados ferrosos de Argus y mercados no ferrosos de Argus. Para descubrir la combinación de productos que proporcionará la cobertura más completa para satisfacer las necesidades de su empresa, póngase en contacto con nosotros para solicitar una asesoría. Puede encontrar información sobre las opciones de suscripción de Argus aquí.
Últimas noticias del mercado
Consulte las últimas noticias del mercado sobre la industria del chatarra.
US manufacturing grew in April amid war concerns
US manufacturing grew in April amid war concerns
Houston, 1 May (Argus) — US manufacturing activity grew in April for a fourth consecutive month, as order growth outpaced production and the Mideast Gulf war boosted prices. The Institute for Supply Management's (ISM) purchasing managers index (PMI) came in at 52.7 in April, unchanged from March and growing for a fourth month following 10 months of contraction. The new orders index rose to 54.1 in April from 53.5 in March, while the production index eased to 53.4 in April from 55.1 the prior month, reflecting slowing growth. Readings above 50 signal growth while readings below that level signal contraction. The prices index surged to 84.6 in April, the highest reading since April 2022, from 78.3 the prior month and is up 25.6 percentage points in the last three months. The gains were driven by increases in steel and aluminum prices, tariffs, and "now increases in petroleum-based products as a result of Middle East conflict," ISM said. The new export orders index fell to 47.9 in April from 49.9 the prior month, showing deepening contraction. The imports index eased to 50.3 in April from 52.6, showing slowing growth. "Demand for manufactured goods is trending higher versus last year; however geopolitical uncertainty and rising oil and diesel prices continue to weigh on demand," a transportation equipment manufacturer wrote in a response to the ISM's monthly survey of purchasing managers and supply executives from 18 manufacturing industries. A machinery executive cited "general uncertainty" over the impact of the war but awareness that the impacts of fuel increases "are coming." Others cited the effects of "US tariffs." The employment index fell to 46.4 in April, showing deepening contraction, from 48.7 the prior month. "In this second month of the Iran war ..., 31 percent of the comments were positive and 69 percent negative," ISM said. "Among comments, the war was mentioned in 47 percent and tariffs in 18 percent." The supplier delivery index rose to 60.6 in April from 58.9, showing slower deliveries for a fifth month, while the inventory index rose to 49, showing slowing contraction, from 47.1 the prior month. By Bob Willis Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2026. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.
Mexico’s economy stagnates in 1Q
Mexico’s economy stagnates in 1Q
Mexico City, 30 April (Argus) — Mexico's economy expanded a minimal 0.1pc in the first quarter of 2026, as solid expansion in the services sector was offset by contraction in the industrial and agriculture sectors. Annual growth in gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter was well below the upwardly revised 1.8pc growth recorded for the fourth quarter,statistics agency Inegi reported. It followed 0.1pc contractions in the second and third quarters of 2025, the first quarterly contractions since the first quarter of 2021. Industrial sector output, which includes manufacturing, construction and mining, contracted 1.3pc after posting 0.4pc expansion in the fourth quarter of 2025. The services sector expanded 0.7pc, after marking 2.2pc growth in the previous quarter. The primary sector, which includes agriculture, fishing, mining and hydrocarbon extraction, contracted 0.1pc in the first quarter, following revised 7.2pc growth in the fourth quarter of 2025. The annualized first-quarter result was below the 0.3pc growth estimated by Mexican banks Banamex and Banorte. Banorte is forecasting the economy will accelerate in the second quarter, on World Cup matches scheduled in Mexico for June and July and a resumption of federal spending on key infrastructure projects. The bank will also closely track trade talks in the runup to the USMCA free trade agreement renewal set for July with a positive outcome seen as likely, but the bank's views reflect comments from economy minister Marcelo Ebrard and US trade representative Jamieson Greer last week that zero tariffs are unlikely to remain part of the treaty. "We believe negotiations will conclude with some technical adjustments within a 12–18 month timeframe," said Banorte. By James Young Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2026. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.
Vale’s iron ore supply stable despite Iran war
Vale’s iron ore supply stable despite Iran war
Sao Paulo, 29 April (Argus) — The conflict in the Mideast Gulf has not affected Brazilian mining group Vale's global iron ore supply, despite logistical hurdles involving its pellet production in the region. The company redirected its pellet output from Oman to Brazil's southeastern Tubarao unit , it confirmed in April. Halted crude steel production in Iran and hampered pellet feed supply to Bahrain, a key market for the product in the region, led to alternate routes of supply, mostly to Asia and especially China, Vale executive vice president of commercial and business development Rogerio Nogueira said Wednesday during the company's first-quarter earnings call. But the US-Israel war with Iran has raised iron ore costs by $5-10/metric tonne (t), with some players even going above that margin, Nogueira added. Vale boosted its iron ore sales in the first quarter, reaching its highest volumes since 2018 . Shipments rose to 68.7mn t in the first quarter, up from 66.1mn t a year earlier. All-in costs for iron ore in the first quarter rose to $55.40/t, up by 8pc from a year prior, despite depreciating exchange rates and high volatility in global oil prices. The result followed stronger premiums in the period and solid freight costs mitigating external pressures, Vale chief executive Gustavo Pimenta said. Vale posted a profit of $1.94bn in the first quarter, up by 39pc from a year prior. By João Curi Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2026. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.
US Fed holds target rate steady on oil
US Fed holds target rate steady on oil
Adds Powell comments, background Houston, 29 April (Argus) — US Federal Reserve policymakers held their target interest rate unchanged Wednesday, noting that inflation is "elevated" on the back of the Mideast Gulf war. "There's headline inflation coming out of the Gulf and we don't know how much that will be," outgoing Fed chair Jerome Powell said in his final press conference. "We think our policy stance is in a very good place for us to wait and see." The Fed's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) kept the federal funds rate at 3.5-3.75pc in its third meeting of 2026, following quarter-point cuts in September, October and December last year. "Developments in the Middle East are contributing to a high level of uncertainty about the economic outlook," the FOMC said in a statement. "The Committee is attentive to the risks to both sides of its dual mandate" of maintaining low inflation and fostering maximum employment. Of the 12 voting FOMC members, four voted against the decision, with one voting to cut the rate and three voting against the "easing bias" language in the statement. Those were the most dissenting votes since 1992. Powell, whose term as chairman expires on 15 May, said he would stay on as a Fed governor until a federal investigation into alleged cost overruns at a Fed building upgrade is "truly over with finality and transparency". The Justice Department recently closed its criminal investigation but Powell said the US attorney for the District of Columbia or the Federal Reserve's own watchdog could reopen the probes, which he has said were originally whipped up by Trump as part of an effort to undermine Federal Reserve independence. "The institution is being battered over these things," he said. "It's not so much independence. It's really the ability to do monetary, to make monetary policy without political considerations." Powell congratulated Kevin Warsh, a former Fed governor and Trump's nominee to replace him at the helm of the Fed, for advancing out of the Senate Finance Committee earlier Wednesday for a final full Senate confirmation vote. "Misbehaving" inflation "The labor market shows more and more signs of stability, whereas inflation is kind of misbehaving," Powell said. "So we can wait here and see how things work out before we act" to move rates. US GDP growth is on track to have risen by a 1.8pc annual pace in the first quarter from just 0.5pc in the fourth quarter, according to Pantheon Macroeconomics ahead of a government report Thursday. Still, job growth in the first three months of 2026 averaged just 68,000/month. Meanwhile, inflation risks have surged on the war, with year-ahead inflation expectations rising to 4.7pc in the University of Michigan's latest consumer sentiment survey for the end of April, up from 3.8pc in March. The Fed, in its latest median economic projections released at the prior meeting in March, continued to pencil in a single quarter-point rate cut this year, unchanged from the prior projection in December. Policymakers still expect one more quarter-point cut in 2027. By Bob Willis Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2026. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.
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