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December 21, 2019

logo Weekly Indicative Freight Rates, $/t

 Cargo  lot,t  Country  loading port  Country   discharging port december  6,  2019  Square billet  20,000  Iran  southern ports […]
December 21, 2019

teel Product and Raw material global Prices, $/t

Commodity* market,  delivery basis 06.12.2019 W-o-w change 13.12.2019 20.12.2019 forecast  for  two weeks Semi-finished products […]
December 21, 2019

Freight market overview // 49th week, 2019

global / Coke, Slabs, Billet, Steel Semis, Pig Iron, Flat Products, long products, Scrap, Iron […]
December 19, 2019

Brazil posts best November auto sales since 2014 Americas / Flat Products

Brazil’s automotive industry, the second largest steel-consuming sector in the country, reported increased sales last […]
December 19, 2019

liberty Steel Products Holdings expands Mississippi service center Americas / Flat Products

Ohio-based liberty Steel Products Holdings is investing in its Mississippi Steel Processing (MSP) facility to […]
December 19, 2019

Gerdau to increase productivity at Brazilian mills Americas / Special Steels, long products

Gerdau, one of the leading steel producers in Americas, concluded a fee-based agreement with the […]
December 19, 2019

Big River Steel to decide on location for new mill in 2020 Americas / Flat Products

Big River Steel (BRS), an eAF-based steel producer in the USA, expects to make a […]
December 19, 2019

NlMK Pennsylvania announces more layoffs, blames steel tariffs Americas / Flat Products

NlMK Pennsylvania, a subsidiary of Russia’s NlMK Group in North America, announced more layoffs, blaming […]
December 19, 2019

US pig iron market calm, higher contract price foreseen Americas / Pig Iron

The US pig iron market is calm in early December. While suppliers are testing the […]
December 19, 2019

In brief: ThyssenKrupp changes CEO of distribution business Europe / Flat Products

Thyssenkrupp appointed Martin Stillger as new CEO of Thyssenkrupp Materials Services, a distribution arm the […]
December 19, 2019

Pig iron prices higher in europe despite weak demand Europe / Pig Iron

CIS suppliers are increasing pig iron prices to Europe in early December even despite low […]
December 19, 2019

Italian rebar producers struggle to increase domestic prices on low demand Europe / long products

Italian rebar producers are still cherishing an idea of achieving higher deal prices; however, buyers […]
December 19, 2019

Italian plate producers seek higher prices in December Europe / Flat Products

Italian re-rollers are pushing for higher plate prices mainly driven by costlier slabs and higher […]
December 19, 2019

Southern European offer Prices For Coils IN December, EUR/t

(WITHoUT 21% VAT,  eUR 1 =  $1.10) market segment/product Supplier,  delivery terms month  of delivery/shipment […]
December 19, 2019

Southern European suppliers increase coils prices on expensive imports Europe / Flat Products

Southern European producers keep seeking higher coils prices amid rising import prices. Coils offer prices […]
December 19, 2019

In brief: metinvest pushes for additional consultations on iron ore mining rent CIS / Iron ore

Metinvest unveiled its official position on the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopting the first reading […]
December 19, 2019

Russian scrap exporters expect further uptrend CIS / Scrap

export prices for Russian steel scrap are still rising in early December, with the increase […]
December 19, 2019

CIS wire rod exporters fix higher prices in sporadic deals

CIS / long products CIS long steel suppliers were able to fix higher wire rod […]
December 19, 2019

In brief: Nippon Steel to merge two companies to strengthen competitiveness Far east / Flat Products

Nippon Steel Corporation (NSC) has recently determined that it will be most effective if Nippon […]
December 19, 2019

Chinese crude steel output inches up in mid-November Far east / Flat Products, long products

Chinese steel mills continued to gradually increase production in mid-November on higher market prices and […]
December 19, 2019

Buyers accept higher scrap tags in Taiwan, delay bookings in Korea Far east / Scrap

South Korean mills are shunning steel scrap bookings at higher prices, having sufficient stocks, whereas […]
December 19, 2019

Iron ore suppliers hold offers despite lower demand

Iron ore benchmark price remained unchanged for the second consecutive day on steady futures, though […]
December 19, 2019

Coking coal suppliers raise prices, seeing high demand from China Far east / Coal

High demand demonstrated by Chinese customers allowed Australian coking coal exporters to raise their offers […]
December 19, 2019

Imported billet sold at higher prices to Thailand Far east / Steel Semis

Billet import prices jumped in Thailand, following the upward trend in other South- east Asian […]
December 19, 2019

Higher HRC prices accepted in India, but opposed by foreign customers Far east / Flat Products

Indian HRC suppliers turned their focus to the domestic market, hiking the prices there in […]
December 19, 2019

HRC trade on hold in Vietnam, prices up Far east / Flat Products

HRC import prices increased in Vietnam again over one week. Business activity, however, remained relatively […]
December 18, 2019

New investment fund to support Makkah region development

middle east / long products, Flat Products Focusing on the expansion of the tourism industry, […]
December 18, 2019

Saudi steel sector to benefit from new recycling facility

middle east  / Ferro-alloys While waste treatment continues to be a hot topic all around […]
December 18, 2019

Lebanon cuts steel imports in Q1-Q3 2019

middle east / Flat Products, long products economic hardships, which Lebanon has been facing over […]
December 18, 2019

ESI opens new round of local billet sales middle east / long products

emirates Steel Industries (ESI), a key UAE producer and one of the largest in the […]
December 18, 2019

AQS seeks foreign wire rod grade billet North Africa / Billet

Algerian Qatari Steel (AQS), one of the key long steel suppliers in Algeria, is interested […]
December 18, 2019

turkey’s ICDAS adds $5/t to its local rebar price middle east / long products

Turkey’s biggest longs maker ICDAS has increased its domestic rebar offers in line with the […]
December 18, 2019

New rise in scrap import prices just around the corner in turkey

middle east / Scrap Turkey sees no new contracts for imported scrap at the end […]
December 18, 2019

Bullish flat steel prices chill demand in Turkey

middle east / Flat   Products The bullish steps of Turkish producers in the HRC segment, […]
December 18, 2019

Weekly Price assessments For Steel Products and Raw materials

  Weekly Price assessments For Steel Products and Raw materials Commodity Country Currency,  delivery term […]
December 18, 2019

CIS HRC offer prices outstrip buyers’ expectations

CIS / Flat Products Price rush in the HRC segment continues – CIS mills targeted […]
November 9, 2019

Scrap prices rise in Vietnam, buying limited

Scrap prices rise in Vietnam, buying limited South east Asia / Scrap Scrap import prices […]
November 5, 2019

activity limited in Turkish billet segment

activity limited in Turkish billet segment turkey / Billet Business activity has been modest in […]
November 2, 2019

Russian scrap export prices rise on stronger demand from turkey

Russian scrap export prices rise on stronger demand from turkey   Prices kept rising in […]
November 2, 2019

China books first HRC import batch

China books first HRC import batch last week, a major Chinese trader concluded an import […]
November 2, 2019

Domestic scrap prices increase further in turkey on costlier imports turkey / Scrap

  Domestic scrap prices increase further in turkey on costlier imports turkey / Scrap Domestic […]
November 2, 2019

Contracts for Steel  products  and  raw  materials

Latest Contracts Contracts for Steel  products  and  raw  materials Weekly price assessments for Steel products […]
October 21, 2019

HRC market in turkish,india

Turkish HRC market submits to overall downward pressure   Amid a sluggish global steel market, […]
October 21, 2019

South east Asia / Long products

Lower HRC import prices in Vietnam do not support deals Buyer activity was generally slow […]
October 21, 2019

Challenging market conditions dent German coils recovery

Challenging market conditions dent German coils recovery Slow buying activity and aggressive imports have buried […]
October 21, 2019

Germany ieconomic concerns

in brief: Fall slows in new engineering orders in Germany New orders in the German […]
October 21, 2019

Coals

Slow trading brings coking coal down further Australia Subdued trading forced Australian exporters of coking […]
October 21, 2019

iron Ore

Iron ore falls further on slow trading, weaker steel Iron ore extended loss on Friday […]
October 21, 2019

US raises pressure on Iranian Fleet

US raises pressure on Iranian Fleet Middle east Iran faced a new round of pressure […]
October 21, 2019

turkish this week

turkish mills to purchase scrap this week turkey / Scrap Prices for imported ferrous scrap […]