Global prices on the key scrap markets have rebounded in the working week to Friday February 12 after Turkey returned to the market to book cargoes at higher prices.Turkey returns to market at higher pricesUS market ends two-week dry spellTaiwanese importers look for material on market reboundIndian prices boosted by Turkey's return to market.TurkeyTurkish mills did not return to the deep-sea mark...Read More
The price of shredded steel scrap imported into India and Pakistan moved up in the week to Friday February 12 with sentiment turning positive, sources have told Fastmarkets.IndiaFastmarkets calculated its steel scrap, shredded, index, import, cfr Nhava Sheva, India, at $415.11 per tonne on Friday, up from $408.73 per tonne one week earlier.Several deals were heard for shredded material at the star...Read More
The price range for UK-origin light iron scrap fell for the fourth week in a row in the period to Friday February 12, with British scrap export prices having been persistently low in the past few weeks.But a market bottom may have been reached because European export prices to the key destination of Turkey recovered late in the week, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday.The consistent fall in the UK...Read More
With Greater China on holiday, base metals trading on the London Metal Exchange has been quiet this morning, Friday February 12, with prices little changed and trading volumes light - but so far prices are holding up in high ground.The outlook for metals demand is strong, but could it be derailed by the global semiconductor shortage?Base metalsThree-month base metals prices on the L...Read More
Brazilian flat steel producer Usiminas estimates that, after recent price increases and including taxes, domestically produced flat steel is sold at a premium of around 10% compared with imported material - a level the company sees as the "ideal" difference between prices of imported and domestically made material."[Our price] in the domestic market is currently within Usiminas' target," commercia...Read More
Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States have fallen by nearly $20 per short ton ($1 per hundredweight) one day after reaching an all-time high, while buyers weighed the risks of purchasing material at these levels.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US was calculated at $58.67 per cwt ($1,173.40 per ton) on Friday February 12, down by 1.61% from $59.63 per cwt on Thursday...Read More
Import prices for flat-rolled steel products edged upward in South America during the week to Friday February 12 with deals settled at prices a little higher than previously, in the absence of Chinese exporters from the market.Offers from China were scarce ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday, February 11-17. But some traders were still trying to sell a remainder of April-shipment cargoes from the...Read More
Brazilian rebar prices rose in February after producers questioned whether an increase was sustainable amid a downturn in international markets.Fastmarkets assessed the price of steel reinforcing bar (rebar) domestic monthly, delivered Brazil at 4,720-4,860 Reais ($877-903) per tonne on Friday February 12, up from 4,495-4,575 Reais per tonne on January 8.In late January, steel mills were pushing f...Read More
The prospects for the global long steel market in 2021 remain rather optimistic despite some fluctuations, the International Rebar Producers & Exporters Association (Irepas) said on Wednesday February 10. "2021 looks very likely to be a year of rebound, a year of multilateral boosts to the global resurrection, with less political uncertainty. It is highly likely that demand will be good this year,...Read More
Domestic steel rebar prices in Poland have been broadly stable over the past week, supported by good order books at mills but with price increases expected in March on a rebound in seasonal end-user demand, source told Fastmarkets on Friday February 12.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, exw Poland, was 2,900-2,930 zloty ($781-789) per tonne on Friday,...Read More
The export market for pig iron from the Commonwealth of Independent States was soft during the week to Thursday February 11, but sentiment improved in the middle of the week on stronger scrap. Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for high-manganese pig iron, export, fob main port Black Sea, CIS was $495-510 per tonne on Thursday, widening upward from $495-500 per tonne a week before."Buyers are ra...Read More
The import pig iron import market in the United States was firm during the week to Friday February 12 on new bookings of Russian and Brazilian material. Fastmarkets' price assessment for pig iron, import, cfr Gulf of Mexico, US was $510 per tonne on Friday, narrowing from $500-520 per tonne a week earlier.One large pig iron buyer purchased a...Read More
Global prices on the key scrap markets have rebounded in the working week to Friday February 12 after Turkey returned to the market to book cargoes at higher prices.Turkey returns to market at higher pricesUS market ends two-week dry spellTaiwanese importers look for material on market reboundIndian prices boosted by Turkey's return to market.TurkeyTurkish mills did not return to the deep-sea mark...Read More
Indian secondary billet prices were supported higher in the week to Friday February 12 by increased demand and a resurgence in prices of finished products. The Indian secondary billet market had been slipping since the second week of January, before rising by around $15 per tonne in the latest assessment period. Fastmarkets' price of steel billet domestic, ex-works India was up by 1,100 rupee...Read More
The prospects for the global long steel market in 2021 remain rather optimistic despite some fluctuations, the International Rebar Producers & Exporters Association (Irepas) said on Wednesday February 10. "2021 looks very likely to be a year of rebound, a year of multilateral boosts to the global resurrection, with less political uncertainty. It is highly likely that demand will be good this year,...Read More
The price of flat-rolled stainless steel in Europe continued to surge higher in the week to Friday February 12 on high raw materials costs and long delivery times, market sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for stainless steel cold-rolled sheet, 2mm, grade 304, transaction domestic, delivered North Europe, was ?,?2,600-2,650 ($3,153-3,214) per tonne on Friday, up by ?,?10...Read More
Demand for steel in the European Union is expected to rebound by 13.3% year on year in 2021 after a 13% slump in 2020, the European steel association Eurofer said this week. Steel demand in the region had been on a negative trend through most of 2020, largely due to pressures resulting from Covid-19 pandemic-related restrictions across Europe, the association said. in its quarterly Econo...Read More
Demand for steel in the European Union is expected to rebound by 13.3% year on year in 2021 after a 13% slump in 2020, the European steel association Eurofer said this week. Steel demand in the region had been on a negative trend through most of 2020, largely due to pressures resulting from Covid-19 pandemic-related restrictions across Europe, the association said. in its quarterly Econo...Read More
Brazilian flat steel producer Usiminas estimates that, after recent price increases and including taxes, domestically produced flat steel is sold at a premium of around 10% compared with imported material - a level the company sees as the "ideal" difference between prices of imported and domestically made material."[Our price] in the domestic market is currently within Usiminas' target," commercia...Read More
Demand for steel in the European Union is expected to rebound by 13.3% year on year in 2021 after a 13% slump in 2020, the European steel association Eurofer said this week. Steel demand in the region had been on a negative trend through most of 2020, largely due to pressures resulting from Covid-19 pandemic-related restrictions across Europe, the association said. in its quarterly Econo...Read More