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01 July 2009
MBR has been hearing from steel wire rod mills that order entry rates are on the increase, albeit slowly.
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25 June 2009
Firmer prices still depend, however, on low steel output
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25 June 2009
US steelmakers still have to wait for the fourth quarter for a sustained recovery.
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25 June 2009
Sometime soon the US federal spending programme will bring steel bar and wire rod back to life.
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25 June 2009
It still looks likely that after maintaining constraints on production for months steelmakers will be too quick to raise output again.
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25 June 2009
China's steelmakers have added an enormous amount of galvanising (HDG) capacity in recent years.
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25 June 2009
China's big infrastructure programmes absorb increasing tonnages of long products.
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25 June 2009
CIS and Turkish price rise is largely being driven by supply-side influences
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25 June 2009
While HR coil prices and buying activity in the CIS and Turkey increases, MBR is doubtful that it will be sustained.