Demand for steel billet and rebar was low in Egypt because buyers expected prices to decrease, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday September 9.Rebar prices have decreased recently in many global markets, in line with falling scrap prices.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), export, fob main port Turkey, was $660-670 per tonne on September 9, compared with $665-6...Read More
CIS steel billet export prices remained firm on Thursday September 9, supported by surging demand in China, sources told Fastmarkets.Chinese interest in imported billet increased over the past week, along with indications of workable prices from customers, on the expectation that further domestic production cuts will be imposed in China at the start of next year.And CIS billet producers were looki...Read More
Turkish steelmakers remained silent in the deep-sea scrap import market, due to only achieving limited finished long steel sales, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday September 9.The most recent trades were heard on Tuesday, when three steel producers booked four deep-sea cargoes from various locations at between $435 and $445 per tonne cfr on HMS 1&2 (80:20) basis.However, the mills went quiet on...Read More
Demand for steel billet and rebar was low in Egypt because buyers expected prices to decrease, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday September 9.Rebar prices have decreased recently in many global markets, in line with falling scrap prices.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), export, fob main port Turkey, was $660-670 per tonne on September 9, compared with $665-6...Read More
The US Department of Commerce has issued final anti-dumping determinations on steel concrete reinforcing bar from Mexico following an administrative review, the agency said on Thursday September 9.The department determined that rebar from Mexico was sold in the United States at less than normal value during the period of review from November 1, 2018, through October 31, 2019. The following pr...Read More
Domestic steel reinforcing bar prices in the United States were flat in the week to Wednesday September 8, while imported rebar prices slipped.Fastmarkets' assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), fob mill US was $49.25 per hundredweight ($985 per short ton) on Wednesday, unchanged since August 11 but up by 68.38% from $29.25 per cwt at the same time last year.US marketMarket participants lar...Read More
Road blockades throughout Brazil have disrupted transportation on important routes in five different states, with access to main steel trade hub, S??o Francisco do Sul port, cut off by truckers' demonstrations, Fastmarkets learned on Thursday September 9.The port of S??o Francisco do Sul, in Brazil's southern state of Santa Catarina, had to stop unloading ships on Wednesday September 8, two source...Read More
Truck transportation has ceased at the Brazilian S??o Francisco do Sul port and at least five ships have failed to be unloaded since Tuesday September 7, when demonstrations broke out across the country, a spokesperson for the port operator told Fastmarkets on Thursday September 9.From September 7-9, around 140,000 tonnes of steel products and fertilizers were prevented from reaching customers, th...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday September 9 that are worth another look.Truck transportation has ceased at the Brazilian S??o Francisco do Sul port and at least five ships have failed to be unloaded since Tuesday September 7, when demonstrations broke out across the country, a spokesperson for...Read More
Chinese cobalt tetroxide prices moved up on improved demand from downstream consumers in the first half of this week, with most producers raising their offers, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday September 8.Fastmarkets' price assessment for cobalt tetroxide 72.6% Co min, delivered China narrowed up to 275,000-285,000 yuan ($42,568-44,116) per tonne on September 8, from 270,000-285,000 yuan per...Read More
Base metals prices were higher on the London Metal Exchange but mixed on the Shanghai Futures Exchange this morning, Thursday September 9, but equity markets in Asia-Pacific were weaker with participants once again nervous about possible central bank tapering. Market participants focused on whether the European Central Bank (ECB) will signal it is ready to start tapering - the ECB meets today Bet...Read More
Sellers of Japanese scrap have closed deals to both Bangladesh and Vietnam at lower prices, market participants told Fastmarkets on Thursday September 9.Japan sells cargoes to Vietnam, BangladeshTaiwan containerized scrap prices steadyChina's bids edge upward amid futures gainsJapanThe September Kanto Tetsugen auction was concluded for Japanese H2 scrap on Thursday morning at an average of ?46,26...Read More
Turkish steelmakers remained silent in the deep-sea scrap import market, due to only achieving limited finished long steel sales, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday September 9.The most recent trades were heard on Tuesday, when three steel producers booked four deep-sea cargoes from various locations at between $435 and $445 per tonne cfr on HMS 1&2 (80:20) basis.However, the mills went quiet on...Read More
Swedish steelmaker SSAB will deliver fossil-free steel to Finnish provider of cargo and load handling solutions Cargotec for cargo handling equipment manufacturing, SSAB said on September 8.SSAB and Cargotec will work together on the introduction of fossil-free steel to the cargo handling industry. The companies will start coordinated development toward the use...Read More
Traditional relationships between prime steel scrap and lower-grade material in key Asian markets have shattered over recent months, market sources told Fastmarkets in early September 2021.Busheling scrap - which is known as Shindachi in Japan - is a prime scrap grade generated from offcuts from the making of steel sheet-intensive products such as vehicles and white goods. Reduced output at leadin...Read More
China's domestic rebar prices increased sharply on Thursday September 9 after the news that Jiangsu will restrict steel production in the remaining months of this year.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 5,410-5,440 yuan ($837-842) per tonne, up by 90-110 yuan per tonne.Jiangsu province will be conducting decarbonization compliance inspections of local enterprises with high energy consumption and em...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday September 9 that are worth another look.Truck transportation has ceased at the Brazilian S??o Francisco do Sul port and at least five ships have failed to be unloaded since Tuesday September 7, when demonstrations broke out across the country, a spokesperson for...Read More
Chinese cobalt tetroxide prices moved up on improved demand from downstream consumers in the first half of this week, with most producers raising their offers, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday September 8.Fastmarkets' price assessment for cobalt tetroxide 72.6% Co min, delivered China narrowed up to 275,000-285,000 yuan ($42,568-44,116) per tonne on September 8, from 270,000-285,000 yuan per...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday September 9 that are worth another look.Truck transportation has ceased at the Brazilian S??o Francisco do Sul port and at least five ships have failed to be unloaded since Tuesday September 7, when demonstrations broke out across the country, a spokesperson for...Read More
Sellers of Japanese scrap have closed deals to both Bangladesh and Vietnam at lower prices, market participants told Fastmarkets on Thursday September 9.Japan sells cargoes to Vietnam, BangladeshTaiwan containerized scrap prices steadyChina's bids edge upward amid futures gainsJapanThe September Kanto Tetsugen auction was concluded for Japanese H2 scrap on Thursday morning at an average of ?46,26...Read More