Competition in the export markets for hot-rolled coil (HRC) and cold-rolled coil (CRC) from the Commonwealth of Independent States has been intense over the past week, because suppliers preferred to hold back their offers despite a continued price decline for China-origin material.Metal Bulletin's weekly price assessment for CIS-origin HRC exports was $605-625 per tonne fob Black Sea on Monday Mar...Read More
Import prices for re-rolling-grade hot-rolled coil sold into Vietnam continued to fall over the past week amid a weakening of the Chinese steel market.Metal Bulletin's assessment of HRC import prices in Southeast Asia - which mainly looks at Chinese 2-3mm SAE1006 HRC and equivalent grades sold into Vietnam - was $615-635 per tonne for the week ended Monday March 19, down $5-15 per tonne from a wee...Read More
Brazilian crude steel output increased by 5.50% year-on-year in February, according to figures released by national steel institute A??o Brasil on Monday March 19.Production totaled 2.71 million tonnes, against 2.57 million tonnes a year before.Brazilian firms produced 1.83 million tonnes of finished steel last month, growth of 7.50% from February 2017's level of 1.70 million tonnes.In the same co...Read More
Local rebar and import billet prices in Egypt increased again this week because of strong demand.Beshay Steel began offering rebar at E ?12,996 ($738) per tonne ex-works on Saturday March 17, up from the E ?12,768 per tonne ex-works announced on March 8.The country's...Read More
The latest bids, offers and deals in the global markets for rebar, wire rod, steel beams and other long steel products. Latest transactions: RebarRebarEgypt, domestic (Ezz Steel), rebar,...Read More
The Turkish steel mills extended their silence in the deep-sea scrap market on Monday March 19, amid weak rebar demand in the country's export markets.There were rumors of a Baltic Sea cargo sold to a steel mill in the Iskenderun region, but no market participants could confirm such a transaction.Rebar demand in the country's export markets has slowed down significantly, after the Section 232 anno...Read More
Turkish domestic scrap prices have continued to rise in line with strong finished steel values and the weakening of the Turkish lira, sources said on Monday March 19.Metal Bulletin's weekly price assessment for domestic auto bundle scrap (DKP grade) in Turkey on Monday was TRY1,300-1,520 ($331-387) per tonne delivered, up from last week's TRY1,260-1,420 per tonne.The upward movement in the assessm...Read More
Iron ore prices tumbled on Monday March 19 following big losses in China's steel and futures markets.Metal Bulletin's 62% Fe Iron Ore Index Today: $67.45 per tonne cfr QingdaoDaily change: down by $2.39 per tonneMonth-to-date average: $73.13 per tonneMetal Bulletin's 58% Fe Premium Index Today: $54.58 per tonne cfr QingdaoDaily change: down by $2.33 per...Read More
Several deals were heard secured early last week, after which buying activity in the CIS export billet market faded with downward sentiment starting to spread while prices fell in China."The market got frozen recently [and] people are watching Chinese prices falling significantly," an international trading source told Metal Bulletin.Metal Bulletin's export CIS Billet Index remained largely unchang...Read More
Local rebar and import billet prices in Egypt increased again this week because of strong demand.Beshay Steel began offering rebar at E ?12,996 ($738) per tonne ex-works on Saturday March 17, up from the E ?12,768 per tonne ex-works announced on March 8.The country's...Read More
China's rebar prices fell in both the domestic and export markets on Monday March 19 amid declining futures and weak demand. Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,730-3,800 yuan ($589-600) per tonne, down 50-60 yuan per tonne Northern China (Beijing): 3,870-3,900 yuan per tonne, down 30 yuan per tonne Rebar futures fell sharply in the first few minutes of trading, which led to a deterioration of se...Read More
The Chinese ferro-silicon spot market has stabilized losses in the past week, with support coming from magnesium production - a sizeable consumer of ferro-silicon. Chinese spot market halts downward drift but ample supply may drag in near term Europe prices stable, awaits second quarter settlements US market eases, but low stock levels offer support Chinese prices steady Chinese domes...Read More
Imported charge chrome prices outperformed Chinese ferro-chrome on Friday March 16, after the domestic market took a poor view of demand from the stainless sector. Charge chrome holds firm in ChinaChinese domestic ferro-chrome prices weakenAlloy prices holding in Japan, South KoreaUS alloy prices steadyEuropean spot prices weaken Charge chrome prices strengthened in China on Friday, supported by...Read More
SHANGHAI, Mar 19 (SMM) – Nonferrous metals remained weak today but inched up as the market closed. SHFE copper fell 1%, lead and nickel dipped nearly 1%, and zinc edged down. Aluminium remained flat while tin inched up.The ferrous complex fell across the board as iron ore led the slump and closed 4.5% lower. Coke and rebar lost over 2%, hot-rolled coil fell 1.5%, and coking coal ed...Read More
SHANGHAI, Mar 19 (SMM) – Nonferrous metals remained weak today but inched up as the market closed. SHFE copper fell 1%, lead and nickel dipped nearly 1%, and zinc edged down. Aluminium remained flat while tin inched up.The ferrous complex fell across the board as iron ore led the slump and closed 4.5% lower. Coke and rebar lost over 2%, hot-rolled coil fell 1.5%, and coking coal ed...Read More
SHANGHAI, Mar 19 (SMM) – Nonferrous metals remained weak today but inched up as the market closed. SHFE copper fell 1%, lead and nickel dipped nearly 1%, and zinc edged down. Aluminium remained flat while tin inched up.The ferrous complex fell across the board as iron ore led the slump and closed 4.5% lower. Coke and rebar lost over 2%, hot-rolled coil fell 1.5%, and coking coal ed...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 13 points in pre-opening trade. Facebook dropped $6.49 to $178.60 on concerns about access to shared user data. Dana (DAN $26.41) is expected to open higher after the company raised its revenue guidance. Dr. Pepper Snapple (DPS $117.60) is expected to open higher after RBC Capital upgraded the stock to Outperform from...Read More
SHANGHAI, Mar 19 (SMM) – Prices of residential property in most Chinese cities continued to decline in February 2018, SMM learned.Data from the National Statistics Bureau covered 70 large and middle-sized cities and showed that prices of newly-built housing in 15 cities remained firm in February while prices in 12 cities dropped 0.1-0.6% month on month. On a yearly b...Read More
SHANGHAI, Mar 19 (SMM) – Prices of residential property in most Chinese cities continued to decline in February 2018, SMM learned.Data from the National Statistics Bureau covered 70 large and middle-sized cities and showed that prices of newly-built housing in 15 cities remained firm in February while prices in 12 cities dropped 0.1-0.6% month on month. On a yearly b...Read More
SHANGHAI, Mar 19 (SMM) – Prices of residential property in most Chinese cities continued to decline in February 2018, SMM learned.Data from the National Statistics Bureau covered 70 large and middle-sized cities and showed that prices of newly-built housing in 15 cities remained firm in February while prices in 12 cities dropped 0.1-0.6% month on month. On a yearly b...Read More