Prices for domestic and imported merchant bar quality (MBQ) steel products in the United States rose in April amid strengthening demand.Fastmarkets' monthly assessment for steel bar 2 x 2 x 1/4 -inch angle merchant products, fob mill US was $47.80 per hundredweight ($956 per short ton) on Friday April 30, up by 4.37% from $45.80 per cwt on March 26 and by 7.90% from $44.30 per cwt in Februa...Read More
Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States remained just shy of an all-time high reached on Friday April 30, falling below the $75-per-hundredweight ($1,500-per-short-ton) threshold on Monday May 3.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US was calculated at $74.82 per cwt ($1,496.40 per ton) on May 3, down by 0.81% from $75.43 per cwt on Friday but up by 2.96% from $72.67...Read More
The latest data for the global manganese ore market for the week ended May 3, 2021.Read More
Singapore's rebar import prices are getting a boost from the new ferrous tax policies announced by China, market sources said.China's Ministry of Finance said on April 28 that there will be no taxes for semi-finished steel, such as billet, causing buyers in Asia to rush to procure cargoes in anticipation of shortages in the spot market if China starts purchasing more quantities.This has cause...Read More
Brazilian slab exporters are enjoying their strongest margins in years, despite a steep steelmaking raw material cost inflation, with record-high finished steel prices in the United States supporting demand amid Section 232 quotas.Last month, the spread between Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel slab export, fob main port Brazil and the price for a basket of raw materials reached its widest s...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday May 3 that are worth another look.Brazilian slab exporters are enjoying their strongest margins in years, despite a steep steelmaking raw material cost inflation, with record-high finished steel prices in the United States supporting...Read More
Singapore's rebar import prices are getting a boost from the new ferrous tax policies announced by China, market sources said.China's Ministry of Finance said on April 28 that there will be no taxes for semi-finished steel, such as billet, causing buyers in Asia to rush to procure cargoes in anticipation of shortages in the spot market if China starts purchasing more quantities.This has cause...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday May 3 that are worth another look.Brazilian slab exporters are enjoying their strongest margins in years, despite a steep steelmaking raw material cost inflation, with record-high finished steel prices in the United States supporting...Read More
Singapore's rebar import prices are getting a boost from the new ferrous tax policies announced by China, market sources said.China's Ministry of Finance said on April 28 that there will be no taxes for semi-finished steel, such as billet, causing buyers in Asia to rush to procure cargoes in anticipation of shortages in the spot market if China starts purchasing more quantities.This has cause...Read More
Prices for domestic and imported merchant bar quality (MBQ) steel products in the United States rose in April amid strengthening demand.Fastmarkets' monthly assessment for steel bar 2 x 2 x 1/4 -inch angle merchant products, fob mill US was $47.80 per hundredweight ($956 per short ton) on Friday April 30, up by 4.37% from $45.80 per cwt on March 26 and by 7.90% from $44.30 per cwt in Februa...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday May 3 that are worth another look.Brazilian slab exporters are enjoying their strongest margins in years, despite a steep steelmaking raw material cost inflation, with record-high finished steel prices in the United States supporting...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday May 3 that are worth another look.Brazilian slab exporters are enjoying their strongest margins in years, despite a steep steelmaking raw material cost inflation, with record-high finished steel prices in the United States supporting...Read More
The latest data for the global manganese ore market for the week ended May 3, 2021.Read More
Rio Tinto has achieved Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) Performance Standard certification for its ISAL aluminium smelter in Iceland, the company said.The certification is provisional - following an independent, remote audit - with an onsite audit to be completed when possible after the easing of Covid-19 travel restrictions, the company said. Rio Tinto offers ASI-certified aluminium from ei...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday May 3 that are worth another look.Brazilian slab exporters are enjoying their strongest margins in years, despite a steep steelmaking raw material cost inflation, with record-high finished steel prices in the United States supporting...Read More
Brazilian slab exporters are enjoying their strongest margins in years, despite a steep steelmaking raw material cost inflation, with record-high finished steel prices in the United States supporting demand amid Section 232 quotas.Last month, the spread between Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel slab export, fob main port Brazil and the price for a basket of raw materials reached its widest s...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday May 3 that are worth another look.Brazilian slab exporters are enjoying their strongest margins in years, despite a steep steelmaking raw material cost inflation, with record-high finished steel prices in the United States supporting...Read More
Domestic prices for flat-rolled steel in the United States are expected to remain high throughout the second quarter, but decrease slightly in the third and fourth quarters, although not significantly, Ternium chief executive officer M??ximo Vedoya said on Wednesday April 28.The executive said demand in the US was strong, and he doesn't expect any material improvement on the supply side this year....Read More
ArcelorMittal has again increased its official offer prices for all steel coil products in Northern Europe by ?,?20-50 ($24-60) per tonne, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday April 29.The steelmaker had already increased its offers three times in April.With this latest increase, offer prices for hot-rolled coil reached ?,?1,020 ($1.233) per tonne ex-works, up by ?,?20 per tonne from the most rece...Read More
Brazilian flat steel producers are poised to raise domestic prices by 10-18% in May, due to rising global steel and raw materials values, along with resilient local demand, market participants told Fastmarkets this week.Companhia Sider??rgica Nacional (CSN), the country's second-biggest flat steel producer, led the way when commercial executive director, Luis Martinez announced a 16-18% incre...Read More