Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States moved back above $77 per hundredweight ($1,540 per short ton) to a new all-time high, with mills' order books reportedly remaining quite strong for the foreseeable future. Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US was calculated at $77.44 per cwt ($1,548.80 per ton) on Monday May 17, up by 1.08% from $76.61 per cwt on Friday May 14 and...Read More
Rebar and wire rod export prices from the Commonwealth of Independent States surged in the week to Monday May 17, supported by rising raw material costs, higher export prices in China, and increasing domestic prices in Russia.RebarFastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), export, fob Black Sea, CIS was $810-830 per tonne on Monday, up $110-130 from $680-720 per tonne...Read More
Rebar producers in Egypt have increased their prices by another E ?400 ($25.50) per tonne with effect from Monday May 17, sources told Fastmarkets. Rebar producers in Egypt are now offering the product at E ?14,300,14,600 per tonne ex-works including 14% VAT, compared with E ?13,900-14,200 per tonne ex-works announced on May 7. The latest increase follows an earlier E ?400 per tonne increase...Read More
Brazilian domestic flat steel prices increased this month after steelmakers applied price increases of up to 17% to most distributors.The price increase was due to high raw material costs and similarly higher prices for imported steel.Fastmarkets' monthly price assessment for steel hot-rolled coil, domestic, monthly, exw Brazil was at 6,910-7115 Reais ($1,311-1,350) per tonne on Fri...Read More
Molybdenum prices rose 15% during last week's trading when a combination of low inventories, steady consumption and high copper prices brought the already-limited production outlook into sharp focus. Would-be buyers found themselves caught short or with limited offers last week after a strong first quarter gave way to slower activity in April"I don't know how healthy this rally is, but I'd be feel...Read More
Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in Europe were largely unchanged on Monday May 17, supported by material shortages and strong demand, sources told Fastmarkets.Market sources said the number of transactions over the past week had been minimal, however, because mills have only limited volumes of coil with long lead times and the buyers have been cautious about doing deals - concerned that if the...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 19 points in pre-opening trade.Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of the May Empire State Manufacturing Survey at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a slip to 24.00 from 26.30 in April. Actual was a slip to 24.3AT&T gained $1.34 to $33.60 and Discovery advanced $60.4 to $41.69 following confirmation...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 14 that are worth another look.Some Chinese ports have made stricter checks or have imposed extra fees on iron ore cargoes from India recently, the better to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, market sources have told Fastmarkets.Africa-origin copper shipments were facing delays as long...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 14 that are worth another look.Some Chinese ports have made stricter checks or have imposed extra fees on iron ore cargoes from India recently, the better to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, market sources have told Fastmarkets.Africa-origin copper shipments were facing delays as long...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 14 that are worth another look.Some Chinese ports have made stricter checks or have imposed extra fees on iron ore cargoes from India recently, the better to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, market sources have told Fastmarkets.Africa-origin copper shipments were facing delays as long...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 14 that are worth another look.Some Chinese ports have made stricter checks or have imposed extra fees on iron ore cargoes from India recently, the better to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, market sources have told Fastmarkets.Africa-origin copper shipments were facing delays as long...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 14 that are worth another look.Some Chinese ports have made stricter checks or have imposed extra fees on iron ore cargoes from India recently, the better to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, market sources have told Fastmarkets.Africa-origin copper shipments were facing delays as long...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 14 that are worth another look.Some Chinese ports have made stricter checks or have imposed extra fees on iron ore cargoes from India recently, the better to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, market sources have told Fastmarkets.Africa-origin copper shipments were facing delays as long...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 14 that are worth another look.Some Chinese ports have made stricter checks or have imposed extra fees on iron ore cargoes from India recently, the better to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, market sources have told Fastmarkets.Africa-origin copper shipments were facing delays as long...Read More
Eastern China's Shagang will participate in a mixed ownership reform of central China's Anyang Iron & Steel, and the former is likely to emerge as the controlling shareholder in the latter, according to a notice released by Anyang Steel late on Thursday May 13.The change in shareholding will neither influence the steel production of the two mills - based in the provinces of Jiangsu and Henan...Read More
A summary of German industrial group Thyssenkrupp's results for the second quarter of its current business year 2020-21, covering the period from January 1 to March 31, 2021.In brief Thyssenkrupp's second-quarter results continue to improve after a successful first quarter, with all segments contributing to better earnings. Thyssenkrupp's Steel Europe segment reported significantly improved sales,...Read More
The United Arab Emirates' state-owned General Holding Corporation (Senaat) has offered Arkan Building Materials the opportunity to combine Senaat's subsidiary Emirates Steel with Arkan, Arkan Building Materials said on Sunday May 9.Emirates Steel - based in Abu Dhabi, UAE - is the country's only integrated steel producer and is wholly owned by Senaat, with Arkan's 51% of shares belonging to Senaat...Read More
China's new tax regime for ferrous raw materials and steel exports will kick off a new era for the steel sector, one in which demand and supply will become more balanced and the country cuts its dependency on iron ore at a faster pace. Chinese authorities announced last week that, from May 1, import duties for metallics and semi-finished steel would be removed and that export duties for raw materi...Read More
The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.This month's key North American steel forecast highlights:Unprecedentedly high flat steel product pricing in the United States was forecast to persist through the current quarter and well into the second half of 2021.Actual US hot-rolled coil prices in April slightly outpaced our forecasts, with Fastmarkets' US HRC index ave...Read More
The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.The upward momentum in United States' flat product prices is yet to show any signs of slowing, with US HRC prices hitting new record highs during April. Steel supply is forecast to remain short of demand due to no improvement in underlying supply and demand fundamentals, which is propelling US flat product prices higher...Read More