قیمت ضایعات فولادی در چین به ۲۴۱۷.۹ یوان در هر تن رسید و تقاضای فولادسازان افزایش یافت. تولیدکنندگان پس از توقفهای تعمیراتی به فعالیت خود ادامه دادند و بهرهبرداری از ظرفیت به ۳۹.۶۷ درصد رسید. با این حال، موجودی ضایعات فولاد به ۴.۸ میلیون تن کاهش یافته که نیاز کارخانهها را به مدت ۹.۲ روز تأمین میکند.
Export prices for Chinese steel plate have risen to their highest since September 2011 amid investors’ concerns over inflation coupled with a recovery in demand.
The price of billet shipments to China increased during the week ending Friday, March 5.
China’s domestic rebar prices increased sharply on Monday March 8 following futures gains and amid expectations that rebar demand from the housing sector will benefit from an expansion of the country’s high-speed railway.
China’s hot-rolled coil prices rallied on Monday March 8, supported by gains in the futures market, while trading was moderate amid concerns of a possible export rebate cut.
China’s domestic hot-rolled coil prices rebounded on Tuesday March 2 amid recovering demand, sources told Fastmarkets.
China’s domestic rebar prices moved up sharply on Monday February 22 amid a return of end users in the market, which raised demand and made market participants bullish.
Chinese billet buyers this week booked large quantities of high-priced materials, while Southeast Asian consumers were forced to stay out of the market.
Iron ore prices surged on Thursday February 18 on support from strong steel prices and positive sentiment regarding steel inventory, sources told Fastmarkets.
Europe P&S scrap is emerging as a possible source of imported ferrous scrap for Chinese mills at competitive prices to Japanese heavy scrap (HS) materials, Fastmarkets heard.
Chinese consumers have re-entered the market for imported cargoes of steel billet over the week ended Friday February 19, following the country’s Lunar New Year holiday, closing deals at higher prices. Sales to China of Indonesia-origin blast furnace (BF) 150mm billet started the week at $565 per tonne cfr, with prices rising progressively each day. […]