صادرات فولاد ترکیه در سال ۲۰۲۴ با افزایش چشمگیر ۲۷.۶ درصدی به ۱۳.۴ میلیون تن رسید. این در حالی است که واردات فولاد نیز با افزایش اندک ۱.۷ درصدی به ۱۷.۴ میلیون تن بالغ شد.
Hot-rolled coil prices in China’s domestic market traded in a wider range on Tuesday June 1, following the choppy trading in the futures market while market participants looked closely at the production curbs in Tangshan, sources said.
Domestic prices for flat steel products in Russia’s Central Federal District around Moscow were stable or slightly higher in the week to Tuesday June 1, despite shaky sentiment concerning exports, with prices supported by short availability, Fastmarkets has heard.
China’s domestic rebar prices retreated on Tuesday June 1 following a proposal from local authorities in Tangshan to lower the rates of steel mills’ emission cuts to 20-30% from the current 30-50%.
Hot-rolled coil prices in China’s domestic market cruised higher on Monday May 31, with the futures market extending its rally.
The key Vietnamese import market for SAE1006 hot-rolled coil was muted this week amid a resurgence of Covid-19 infections in the country and uncertainties over whether China would impose an export tax on the flat steel product on June 1.
The Brazilian branch of Luxembourg-based steelmaker ArcelorMittal has scheduled the restart of primary steel production at its Barra Mansa site for the second half of 2021, the company said on Wednesday May 26.With 19 million Reais ($3.6 million) in investments for a revamp, ArcelorMittal will resume activities with one of the two electric arc furnaces in the plant. The company first cut output at Barra Mansa in February 2019.
A lack of trading activity continued to put pressure on the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) export billet market in the week to May 26, sources said.Chinese customers - the major buyers of CIS-origin billet of late - remain inactive due to falling domestic billet and rebar costs while CIS producers had a limited number of places they could sell their billet, market participants told Fastmarkets.
A combination of tight supply and strong demand was keeping the European hot-rolled coil market bullish, with the situation unlikely to change any time soon, market participants told Fastmarkets on Tuesday May 25.
Lower offer prices for flat steel from China to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia made buyers postpone booking during the week to Tuesday May 25, sources told Fastmarkets.
Sellers in China’s domestic rebar market stopped lowering prices on Tuesday May 25, which led to a pick-up in end-user demand.