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29 April 2019
mid the ongoing seasonal rally, prices in China are proving more robust than elsewhere but unless production slows down, prices are bound to correct later in the quarter.
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29 April 2019
Statistics for the week of 29 April 2019
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29 April 2019
Construction demand is expected to rise 4.1% in Russia in 2019, and together with a tighter supply of steel within the country, there may be some support for Russian domestic prices.
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29 April 2019
While Japanese domestic prices have remained stable, the retreat in international prices over recent months is clearly putting pressure on local quotes but a seasonal rally outside Japan should provide support to local and export prices in the short term.
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29 April 2019
An analysis of margins, economic indicators and capacity development for the month of April 2019
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29 April 2019
Import billet prices into Turkey have continued to underperform those for ferrous scrap in the first four months of 2019, carrying on the same trend seen since the third quarter of 2018.
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29 April 2019
While last year, US mills were able to increase sales and prices amid an erosion in imports, this year spot prices have been in retreat and to the extent that section 232 is now failing to restrict external supplies so mills are likely to be less ambitious with their price targets this year.
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29 April 2019
As part of our ongoing commitment to deliver relevant and robust prices, Fastmarkets MB research has undertaken a review of the pricing coverage of the Steel Market Tracker and is discontinuing some price series.
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29 April 2019
At the time of writing, Vale has been given the green light to restart the 30-million-tonnes-per-year Brucutu mine where the dam collapsed in January.
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29 April 2019
If US demand were robust US mills could disregard demands from their customers for price cuts when the scrap price falls, but besides having to compete with imports steelmakers have made difficulties for themselves.
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29 April 2019
A reduction in dollar-based pricing through the first quarter in Brazil enabled flat-rolled producers to boost sales and market share while rising export prices occurred amid a rapid reduction in volumes.
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29 April 2019
After a strong year in 2018, average prices for Southeast Asian import HRC and Chinese export HRC have dipped so far this year.
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29 April 2019
EU flat steel prices continued to weaken as domestic demand didn’t show any signs of recovery.
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29 April 2019
A roundup of steel futures for the week of 29 April 2019
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29 April 2019
A round up of Steel Prices for April 2019
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29 April 2019
Recently introduced safeguard duties on billet and rebar imports in Egypt could significantly cut the country’s imports.
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29 April 2019
We have seen over the past year that Section 232 was more effective in prospect than in actuality.