واردات بیلت و بلوم ترکیه در دوره ژانویه تا آگوست ۲۰۲۴ به ۱,۸۵۸,۰۲۳ تن رسید که ۲۴.۶ درصد کاهش نسبت به سال گذشته را نشان میدهد. ارزش این واردات نیز به ۱.۰۵ میلیارد دلار با کاهش ۲۸.۵ درصدی رسید. روسیه بزرگترین منبع واردات بود، در حالی که واردات از مالزی و اوکراین افزایش داشته است.
China has resumed the dumping route, which it had abandoned for about two years, by offering cheap raw materials to its steel mills. This has created a great desire to produce in this country. Investors have hailed China's entry into the market as very real. This economic reform seems to be a win-win game for China and its steelmakers.
Seaborne coking coal prices stayed largely stable in the cfr market on Monday July 12 and climbed up in the fob market because some buyers started to procure on a demand basis, sources told Fastmarkets.
The Turkish long steel export market remained sluggish over the past week due to limited demand from the country’s major export outlets, market sources said on Thursday July 8.
China’s domestic rebar market ended the week with increased prices in both eastern and northern regions, though prices were stable on Friday July 9.
Export prices for Chinese steel plate were stable in the week to Tuesday July 6, but market participants said they could soon increase following recent gains in the futures market.
Hot-rolled coil prices increased in China’s domestic market on Tuesday July 6, following gains in futures prices, while market participants continued to digest talks of production cuts.
Vale has taken a creative approach to combating carbon dioxide emissions. Vale, the world's largest iron ore producer, has equipped its VLOC vessels with a Silver Stream bubble propulsion system to reduce fuel consumption. This can greatly reduce the cost of transporting mineral raw materials in the short term.
Domestic hot-rolled coil prices in China extended their gains on Thursday July 1, with sustained expectations of production curbs in the second half of 2021 sending HRC futures to their highest in two weeks.
China’s domestic hot-rolled coil prices dipped on Friday July 2 on retreating futures, with sentiment being subdued by a lifting of production and logistical curbs in northern China that were imposed in the past week.
The availability of significant volumes of lower-priced induction furnace (IF) steel billet in the Philippines import market has led to a cooling of interest in higher-priced blast furnace (BF) billet, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday July 2.