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Scrap Market Activity Remained Sluggish in Eastern China with Prices Mainly Holding Steady

Jun 16, 2014

Scrap market activity remained sluggish in eastern China over the week with prices mainly holding steady and unlikely to gain any upward momentum in the short term as the outlook for the finished steel market remains pessimistic, market ...

Tags: Ferrous Scrap, Heavy Scrap

Ferrous Scrap Market in Eastern China Remained Quiet This Week

Apr 1, 2014

The ferrous scrap market in eastern China remained quiet this week, keeping in step with the rebar market's trend. Demand from steelmakers has not fully recovered as the finished steel markets have remained sluggish. Media reports that ...

Tags: Ferrous Scrap, Ferrous Scrap Market, scrap consumer

The Ferrous Scrap Market Was Stable in Eastern China This Week

Mar 26, 2014

The ferrous scrap market was stable in eastern China this week, in tandem with the finished steel and rebar futures markets, market participants said Friday. Most traders were bearish, expecting further price cuts in the short term. ...

Tags: Ferrous Scrap, Rebar, finished steel

East China's Ferrous Scrap Prices Fell Sharply This Week

Mar 18, 2014

East China's ferrous scrap prices fell sharply this week amid weaker raw material, finished steel and steel futures markets in the first-half of the week. Platts assessed heavy scrap over 6 mm at Yuan 2,320/mt ($377/mt) on a delivered ...

Tags: Ferrous Scrap, Raw Material, Steel Markets

Chinese Steelmakers Cut Their Scrap Purchase Prices Steadily This Week

Mar 17, 2014

Chinese steelmakers cut their scrap purchase prices steadily this week, following the downward trend in futures and steelmaking raw materials markets, led by Shagang Group, the country's largest scrap consumer in eastern China's Jiangsu ...

Tags: Steelmakers, Iron Ore, raw materials

Privately Owned Shagang Group Expects to Utilize 5.5 Million Mt of Scrap This Year

Dec 9, 2013

Privately owned Shagang Group, China's biggest steel scrap consumer, expects to utilize 5.5 million mt of scrap this year -- or about 15,000 mt/day -- an increase of 500,000-800,000 mt, or about 13%, from last year, a company source said ...

Tags: steel, metallurgy