Kardemir (Turkey) announces new prices for billet and rebar Long products / Turkey Turkish producer Kardemir which already raised prices for rebar at the beginning of the week continues the upward trend. The reason behind the recurrent increases...
12.3.2010 12:51
Vietnam: foreign square billet suppliers push prices up Steel Semis / South East Asia Foreign suppliers of square billet to Vietnam are boosting prices, referring to increasing scrap costs and limited supply. Local buyers, discouraged by the moves of foreign sellers, prefer to wait and see...
12.3.2010 11:28
AzovElektroStal (Ukraine) ramps up billet production Steel Semis / CIS Ukraine’s AzovElektroStal expects to scale up production of merchant square billet in March. According to preliminary data, the production target has been set...
11.3.2010 10:54
REMZ (Russia) scales up billet production Steel Semis / CIS Russia’s Rostov Electric Steel Works (REMZ) plans to substantially increase production of square billet this month...
10.3.2010 16:43
NTMK (Russia) keeps utilization rates stable Steel Semis / CIS Russia’s Nizhniy Tagil Steel Works (NTMK) plans to keep production stable this month. The company expects to melt...
Vizag Steel (India) maintains February production rates Long products / India India's Vizag Steel maintains March production at the last-month levels on the back of stable demand and rather favourable market conditions. The company will manufacture...
Export prices for CIS billet hike by $15/t (Editor's Choice) Steel Semis / CIS CIS exporters continue to raise billet quotations at the Black Sea ports. In particular, prices for square billet have risen by $15/t over the past week...
9.3.2010 16:43
Thailand: billet imports rise slightly in 2009 Steel Semis / South East Asia Thailand slightly increased imports of square billet in 2009 (by an average of 6%, to 1.395mt) compared with the previous year. In particular, CIS countries...
5.3.2010 18:47
LME: square billet quotations on the rise Steel Semis / CIS Square billet quotations on London Metal Exchange are moving up following growth of prices in the physical market. In particular, Mediterranean cash quotations have climbed...
5.3.2010 18:16
Elektrostal (Kurakhovo) cuts output in February Steel Semis / CIS Elektrostal (Kurakhovo) has reduced square billet production considerably – by 35% m-o-m, to 16,500t – in February, on irregular scrap supplies ...
4.3.2010 17:09
Export prices for CIS billet gain $20/t (Editor's Choice) Steel Semis / CIS CIS producers have set prices for “April” billet by $20/t higher than last week, citing growing prices for ...
3.3.2010 09:58
NLMK (Russia) to cut back production in March Steel Semis / CIS Russia’s Novolipetsk Steel Works (NLMK) intends to decrease steel product output this month. According to preliminary data, the company plans to melt 710,000-720,000t of crude steel, against 750,000t in February and to make about 670,000-680,000t of steel products...
VISCO (Iran) raises output in February Steel Semis / Middle East Iran’s Vian Steel Complex (VISCO) produced 22,000t of square billet in February, by 5,000t up from the previous month ...
1.3.2010 17:28
Ilyich (Ukraine) to ramp up production in March Steel Semis / CIS Ukraine’s Ilyich plans to increase flat steel output by 28-31% this month, to 455,000-465,000t in view of rather high demand for the products (in foreign markets first of all). As earlier reported, the company reduced production in February...
1.3.2010 12:33
Azovstal (Ukraine) plans to scale up production In March Steel Semis / CIS Ukraine’s Azovstal expects to ramp up steel product output to 440,000-450,000t in March, which is by 7-10% higher than in February. It is production of merchant semis and flat products...
26.2.2010 18:03
Billet quotations continue to rise on LME Steel Semis / Global Last-week growth of billet quotations on LME has continued into this week amid rising prices in the physical market. In a week, Mediterranean cash quotations have climbed...
Volga-FEST (Russia) to lift shipments in March Steel Semis / CIS Russian steelmaker Volga-FEST plans to scale up production and shipments of merchant square billet in March. According to preliminary data, the company will produce...
25.2.2010 11:37
Vietnam: foreign billet suppliers manage to partially realize announced increase Steel Semis / South East Asia Vietnamese customers are showing little interest in import semis after the New Year holidays, which has allowed foreign suppliers to only partially realize the price increase, announced two weeks ago. However...
25.2.2010 11:06
Turkish longs exporters take a break to revise prices (Editor's Choice) Long products / Turkey Scrap prices to Turkey have increased this week by $10-15/t, to $345-350/t ñ&f, and caused a rise in semis prices to local buyers. Market participants report prices for square billet have grown...
23.2.2010 16:39
Thai billet suppliers unable to lift prices on weak buying activity Steel Semis / South East Asia In spite of coming construction season in Thailand, semis suppliers have failed to raise prices amid weak demand since political instability in the country has delayed financing of state construction projects...
22.2.2010 15:35
MMK (Russia) launches new steelmaking facilities Steel Semis / CIS Russia’s Magnitogorsk Steel Works (MMK) launched a new ladle treatment complex including a ladle furnace and a two-station vacuum degasser at its BOF-shop in the middle of February. The contract for equipment supply...
19.2.2010 17:48
LME: billet quotations head up Steel Semis / Global Quotations for square billet are rising on London Metal Exchange. Amid growth in the Turkish physical market, cash prices for Mediterranean billet have increased...
19.2.2010 13:34
REMZ (Russia) maintains January production levels Steel Semis / CIS Russia’s Rostov Electric Steel Works (REMZ) expects to maintain production in February at the last-month levels. According to preliminary data, the company expects to produce up to 45,000t of merchant square billet...
19.2.2010 10:41
Yolbulan Bastug Metalurji (Turkey) continues construction Steel Semis / Turkey Construction of a new Turkish plant Yolbulan Bastug Metalurji continues. The plant will be equipped with a steelmaking complex (1.3mtpy) at a site near Iskenderun...
18.2.2010 15:53
Corus (UK) to start mothballing of TCP Steel Semis / Western Europe British-Dutch steelmaker Corus plans to begin this week to mothball its UK-based Teesside Cast Products subsidiary producing semis ...
