Flat steel import prices in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have been mostly stable in the past week, with demand remaining poor after the eid religious holiday, sources told Metal Bulletin on Tuesday August 28....Read More
China's hot-rolled coil prices were largely stable on Tuesday August 28 despite fluctuations in the futures market....Read More
Metal Bulletin has amended the Turkey domestic rebar and Turkey domestic wire rod price assessments.After a consultation period, Metal Bulletin has changed the currency for Turkish domestic rebar and Turkish domestic wire rod assessments.Metal Bulletin has changed the specifications of its weekly price assessments for Turkish domestic rebar and wire rod from $ per tonne to Turkish lira per tonne.T...Read More
Metal Bulletin will not discontinue its weekly Turkey export merchant bar price assessment.After gaining feedback from market participants during a consultation period, Metal Bulletin understands that the assessment is used as reference price for some companies. Therefore, Metal Bulletin will continue to publish its Turkey export merchant bar $ per tonne fob main port price assessment. Assessment:...Read More
Prices for imported and domestic rebar and imported billet in the United Arab Emirates remained stable on Tuesday August 28, with demand limited because of last week's Islamic Eid al-Adha holiday, sources told Metal Bulletin....Read More
Turkish scrap import prices went up on Tuesday August 28 with news of a US cargo sold during the Eid al-Adha religious holiday last week....Read More
Turkish domestic scrap prices have recovered over the past two weeks with an uptick in imported scrap prices and slightly better demand for finished steel products, sources said on Tuesday August 28....Read More
Physical iron ore prices were rangebound on Tuesday August 28 with the seaborne market maintaining moderate trading activity. ...Read More
The CIS export billet market started to show signs of recovery on Tuesday August 28, with sales finally getting off the ground after almost a month of slack trading....Read More
Prices for imported and domestic rebar and imported billet in the United Arab Emirates remained stable on Tuesday August 28, with demand limited because of last week's Islamic Eid al-Adha holiday, sources told Metal Bulletin....Read More
China's domestic rebar were flat on Tuesday August 28 amid the lower billet but higher futures. ...Read More
Chinese domestic ferro-silicon prices rose on increased buying interest in the week to Friday August 24, while European and US markets remained stagnant amid a lack of consumer interest. ...Read More
China continued to drive global crude steel production in July 2018, according to statistics published by the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) on Monday July 27....Read More
Prices in the export markets for hot-rolled coil (HRC) and cold-rolled coil (CRC) from the Commonwealth of Independent States fell during the week ended Tuesday August 28 on low demand in the Middle East-North Africa (Mena) region....Read More
Chinese vanadium export prices stabilized last week amid thin trading, while a lack of consumer interest in both the European and US markets led to narrower offer prices....Read More
A summary of base metals premiums from across the globe for the week to Tuesday August 28. ...Read More
Tin premiums were largely flat across regional spot markets on slow trading activity on Tuesday August 28, with several market participants on holiday, but the premium in Singapore rose for the first time in almost six months....Read More
The latest news and price moves to start the North American day on Tuesday August 28....Read More
Good morning from Metal Bulletin's offices in Asia as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Tuesday August 28.Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were broadly down during Asian morning trading on Tuesday, with only aluminium and tin registering slight gains.The general weakness came despite renewed risk sentiment across global markets following the announcement of the...Read More
In a volatile month for base metals, exemplified by sharp price drops and spread moves, the London Metal Exchange's nearby tin spread moved into a contango for the first time since April 2017....Read More