Stainless Steels Monthly provides concise analysis on all the major worldwide nickel, stainless steel and scrap markets with extensive coverage of issues affecting global trading conditions, including stainless steel long and flat product transaction prices and up-to-date production statistics.
This comprehensive report also includes key data and forecasts for the nickel market with details on premiums, inventories, ferro-nickel pricing and the market balance.
April 2012 Issue
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26 April 2012
North American automotive production was up almost 22% year-on-year. Such growth will not be sustainable for long, though further increases are expected through Q2.
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26 April 2012
North American automotive production was almost amazingly strong in the first quarter – up about 22% year on year.
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26 April 2012
It is not just that prices have eased, but that orders have largely dried up.
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26 April 2012
Demand from export markets has also fallen. This is both demand for hot and cold-rolled stainless, but also secondary demand through exported finished goods.
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26 April 2012
The nickel premium rose sharply last month, however the declining LME nickel price has kept buyers away from the market as they wait to spot the bottom of the market.
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26 April 2012
Second quarter ferro-chrome prices have climbed as a result of further furnace closures in South Africa; in the current climate, it is no longer profitable for exporters to produce material, there is simply not the demand for Europe especially for material.
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26 April 2012
Roundup of MBR's stainless alloy surcharges, global stainless output statistics, global base/surcharge/transaction price analysis and key month on month trends in regional markets for the month of April 2012
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Downloadable Data
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26 April 2012
Downloadable Excel files with MBR's prices and other stainless steel statistics for the month of April 2012