Prices for Chinese HRC grow to Vietnam Flat Products / South East Asia Chinese suppliers of HR flats to Vietnam encouraged by a slight recovery in demand and citing increasing spot quotes of ...
Vietnam: Chinese HRC prices increase. Russian HRC to follow? Flat Products / South East Asia The Vietnamese market for flat products is seeing a slight increase in demand. Chinese sellers have taken advantage of it and lifted prices, referring to growing iron ore prices in ...
30.7.2010 15:19
Brazilian flats exporters reach deals Flat Products / Brazil Brazilian suppliers of flats, being afraid of overloaded stocks amid seasonal plunge in domestic buying activity, have increased ...
Brazil: domestic and export flats prices follow different trends Flat Products / Brazil Despite the seasonal slackening of buying activity in the domestic market of Brazil, local flats producers, including Usiminas, have announced a rise in domestic prices, citing ...
30.7.2010 12:34
Demand for flats sluggish in Lebanon and Jordan Flat Products / Middle East Demand for flats in Lebanon and Jordan is still soft. Lebanese stockists report large inventories at rather high prices at that, so they plan to start active purchasing not earlier than in ...
29.7.2010 18:56
China: export prices for flats follow different trends Flat Products / China Chinese flat steel market is seeing differently directed trends. Chinese HRC exporters have raised prices for alloyed material of SS400 grade made to JIS G3101 with over 3 mm thickness and for 2 mm HRC of SAE 1006 grade to ASTM A635 by ...
29.7.2010 18:44
Export prices for Chinese HDG stable, domestic stockist offers go up Flat Products / China Despite rising prices for HR and CR feedstock in the Chinese domestic market, HDG exporters cannot pursue the upward policy: the demand, which was firm just a week ago, is currently ...
Domestic flats prices keep falling in Spain Flat Products / South Europe Prices for flat products continue to slide in Spain. In spite of little stocks, traders are still reluctant to ...
Steel Dynamics Inc. (USA) cuts shipments in Q2 Long products / USA US-based Steel Dynamics Inc. says in its press-release that its structural steel facilities were running at a capacity utilization rate of ...
28.7.2010 19:13
Taiwan: flat steel prices keep dropping on little demand Flat Products / South East Asia Taiwanese producers of flats continue to reduce domestic prices on the back of extremely sluggish demand and heavy stocks as well as on falling domestic scrap quotes ...
28.7.2010 18:25
Philippines: domestic flats prices plummet Flat Products / South East Asia Philippine flats suppliers are having hard times due to seasonal decrease in buying activity and growing stocks, as well as 7% import duty removal since ...
Chinese exporters lift prices for alloyed HRC (Editor's Choice) Flat Products / China Chinese HRC exporters have raised prices for 3 mm thick alloyed material of SS400 grade made to JIS G3101 by $10-25/t in a week, to ...
28.7.2010 14:28
Polish buyers become more interested in flat products Flat Products / Central Europe The demand in the Polish flat steel market is showing signs of improvement. Although the holiday season is at its pick now, local steel traders, whose stocks are rather poor, have been showing more interest in the material over the past three weeks. Market participants think stockists have been convinced by mills that ...
Severstal (Russia) expands coated steel production capacity Flat Products / CIS Russia’s Severstal continues to expand its capacity for production of coated steel products. At the end of 2009, as the demand for coated steel was recovering, Severstal re-launched ...
27.7.2010 16:53
Czech Republic: flats prices continue to drop Flat Products / Central Europe Demand for flats remains sluggish in the Czech Republic. End-user activity has plunged during summer holidays and thus traders have reduced purchases. Market players say stocks of most trading companies are ...
27.7.2010 15:25
Bulgaria: import HDG prices stay practically unchanged Flat Products / Balkans The Bulgarian HDG market has not seen any notable changes in the past month. Demand for the material is steadily low during summer holidays and prices for import products vary ...
Iran: flat steel prices move in different directions Flat Products / Middle East The Iranian flat steel market is rather sluggish which is quite natural ahead of religious holidays; yet, traders think that the market is already seeing delayed demand and buyers will probably begin to make purchases after Ramadan ...
26.7.2010 18:53
Romania: prices for flats mainly sink Flat Products / South Europe Buying activity remains low in the Romanian flats market. Market players expect no demand recovery soon in view of the summer holiday season and economical crisis in the country. However, local traders, which have moderate stocks, might make some purchases soon ...
