Japan's steel export down by 1.5% year-on-year to 3.31 million tons year in October, according to the Japan Iron & Steel Federation's (JISF). It is mainly because of continuing strong domestic demand and slower exports to Thailand. The ...
Tags: Domestic Demand, Exports Down, Japan
In the third quarter of the current year, Belgian crude steel production amounted to 1.71 million mt, falling by 3.72 percent year on year and down 3.78 percent compared to the second quarter, according to the Belgian Steel Federation ...
Tags: crude steel, stainless steel
US sheet pricing remained static ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, though some buyers reported a hint of softness in the Southeast. Deals as low as $670/st for hot-rolled coil were heard in the Southeast, but one buyer expressed doubts ...
Tags: Sheet Steel
International credit rating agency Moody's has announced that it has raised the European steel industry outlook to stable from negative given the improving fundamentals in the European steel industry, reflected by slight growth in euro area ...
Tags: Moody, lift, European steel, industry, outlook, stable
The China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) has stated that, in collaboration with Shanghai Futures Exchange, it held a training course on hot rolled coil (HRC) futures on November 13-15. Yang Maijun, president of Shanghai Futures ...
Tags: Shanghai Futures, HRC Futures
According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in September this year Turkey's slab imports amounted to 198,685 mt, increasing by 36.17 percent month on month and up 84.19 percent year on year. The total value ...
During the afternoon session of the 1st Assofermet Day & SteelOrbis Conference, held on Friday, November 15 in Brescia in northern Italy, Burak Odaba, director of SteelOrbis, provided a snapshot of the current state of the Turkish steel ...
Tags: assofermet, SteelOrbis, Turkey, scrap, importer
Steel Authority of India (SAIL) is going to establish a new hot strip mill at Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) with 3 million tons capacity every year. The estimated cost is at about Rs 4,360crore. The new mill will reheat and roll steel slabs ...
Tags: Hot Strip Mill, Mineral
With rebounding price of carbon steel hot rolled coil in Turkey, Turkish steel producers are going to surge the price of steel heavy plate by at least US$10/ton. So far, the ex-work price of heavy plate is about US$615~US$640/ton in Turkey. ...
Tags: Steel Mills, Mineral
It is reported that European tin plate mills could initiate the negotiation of latest prices for 2014 recently and be expected to reach an agreement before the end of November. The prices are estimated to be increased by ...
Tags: Tin Plate Mills, Mineral
Japanese steel mills are going to initiate the negotiation of carbon steel hot rolled coil price for next January with their customers in Middle and South & Central America. It is expected those mills could up the HRC prices about ...
Tags: Steel Mills, HRC Prices
EZZ steel, Egyptian-based steel producer released its carbon steel hot rolled coil domestic and export prices for November. Its latest ex-work price of hot rolled coil (HRC) is unchanged since October about US$624/ton included 11% of ...
Tags: EZZ Steel, HRC Export Prices
In September this year, Turkey's total hot rolled coil (HRC) exports increased by 9.47 percent year on year to 42,205 metric tons, while decreasing by 22.72 percent compared to the previous month, according to the data provided by the ...
Tags: HRC Exports, Mineral
It’s reported that Korean domestic hot rolled coil (HRC) producers’ sales volumes increased substantially in October. The three major HRC producers Posco, Hyundai Steel and Dongkuk Steel sold 1.455 million tons of HRC in ...
The negotiation of export price of carbon steel hot rolled coil (HRC) from Japan to Korea for December is confronting the stalemate owing to price down required by Korean customers. However, Japanese steel mills still refuse the request ...
Tags: HRC Export, Mineral