Steel: Weekly Market Tracker delivers timely, authoritative and independent global market analysis, statistics and price forecasts for all steel products including slabs, billets, hot-rolled sheet/coil, cold-rolled sheet/coil, plates, HDG, debars, wire rods and sections.
Featuring global steel market analysis, production/trade statistics, and short-medium-to long term forecasting coverage with regular coverage of domestic, import and export transaction steel prices in EU (by each market), USA, China, India, Russia, Turkey, Dubai, South Africa, Brazil, Thailand, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
Breaking Views
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31 January 2012
...or what ArcelorMittal Krakow’s investment strategy and the show of muscle in the Strait of Hormuz tell us about the greener future of steel.
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21 November 2011
The recent publication of data on Chinese construction adds to the general concern on weakening demand for steel.
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16 November 2011
The economic issues in Europe have caused volatility in steel markets. The last time that volatility was this apparent in the markets was in 2008/9, so are we to draw similar comparisons? Steel prices are already in a downward trend, but how far will they fall?
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More breaking views...
2 February 2012 Issue
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02 February 2012
Buyers return to the market in large volumes.
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02 February 2012
Prices have increased by as much as 7.4% in Europe.
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02 February 2012
Construction accounted for 37% of steel consumption in Europe before the financial crisis.
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02 February 2012
Buyers have well and truly returned to the market.
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02 February 2012
Roundup of MBR's steel futures for the week of 2 February 2012
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Downloadable Data
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02 February 2012
Downloadable Excel files with MBR's pricing and other statistics for the week of 2 February 2012