Kuwaiti longs producers look ahead optimistically Long products / Middle East The Kuwaiti longs market is still seeing firm demand for long products since a number of construction projects are being implemented in the country and some new ones will be ...
29.7.2010 14:46
Japan: scrap market stays dead Scrap / South East Asia The Japanese steel scrap market remains rather inactive in the last week of July: steelmakers are showing little interest in the material due to low demand for finished products. The main factor hampering scrap price increases is ...
Export prices for Chinese longs are going up despite weak demand Billet & Longs / China Chinese longs makers have put up export prices by $5-10/t over the week seeing increased spot quotes of iron ore. Thus, prices for BS4449 rebar and SAE1008 wire rod from local mills ...
Steel Dynamics Inc. (USA) cuts shipments in Q2 Long products / USA US-based Steel Dynamics Inc. says in its press-release that its structural steel facilities were running at a capacity utilization rate of ...
28.7.2010 19:13
Taiwan: flat steel prices keep dropping on little demand Flat Products / South East Asia Taiwanese producers of flats continue to reduce domestic prices on the back of extremely sluggish demand and heavy stocks as well as on falling domestic scrap quotes ...
Spain: scrap prices to grow soon Scrap / South Europe Players in the Spanish scrap market consider it increasingly likely that the hardest times have passed. They think the price bottom is left behind and expect prices and demand for the material to grow. Despite a slight decrease in buying activity in Turkey, demand from local steelmakers remains firm enough to keep prices from falling and ...
28.7.2010 18:25
Philippines: domestic flats prices plummet Flat Products / South East Asia Philippine flats suppliers are having hard times due to seasonal decrease in buying activity and growing stocks, as well as 7% import duty removal since ...
28.7.2010 18:19
USA: coking coal suppliers keep cutting prices Coal & Coke / USA Most US suppliers of coking coal have reduced prices in the second half of July again as Asian importers are still sitting on ...
Turkey: welded pipe makers mainly keep prices stable Tubes & Pipes / Turkey Buyers from Europe and South America have been showing a moderate demand for Turkish welded pipes for the past two weeks, while domestic demand ...
Turkish longs exporters inch up prices (Editor's Choice) Long products / Turkey Turkish exporters of longs dared to lift prices for rebar and wire rod by $5/t after closing a number of deals last week ...
Chinese exporters lift prices for alloyed HRC (Editor's Choice) Flat Products / China Chinese HRC exporters have raised prices for 3 mm thick alloyed material of SS400 grade made to JIS G3101 by $10-25/t in a week, to ...
Polish buyers become more interested in flat products Flat Products / Central Europe The demand in the Polish flat steel market is showing signs of improvement. Although the holiday season is at its pick now, local steel traders, whose stocks are rather poor, have been showing more interest in the material over the past three weeks. Market participants think stockists have been convinced by mills that ...
