http://www.metalbulletin.com/RSS.aspx?FeedID=393©2010 Metal Bulletin60Ticker Feed: Iron & SteelTurkey’s Kardemir has increased domestic rebar offer prices on an improvement in demand and higher ferrous scrap purchasing costs for August deliveryhttp://www.metalbulletin.com/Article/2641937/Kardemir-increases-Aug-domestic-rebar-offer-prices.htmlFri, 30 Jul 2010 17:06:00 GMTTo the Editor: U.S. steel producers welcome foreign investment. It builds a stronger U.S. economy and drives innovation. However, we have serious concerns when that investment is not being made on market-based principles and involves a state-owned and -controlled enterprise (SOE). http://www.metalbulletin.com/Article/2642099/AMM-LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR-Anshan-investment-in-US-would-distort-steel-market.htmlFri, 30 Jul 2010 16:45:00 GMTSpecialty metals companies selling their steel and other products into the oil and gas market are stumped as the moratorium on some drilling in the Gulf of Mexico apparently isn't impacting purchasing.http://www.metalbulletin.com/Article/2642010/AMM-Specialty-metals-market-baffled-by-lack-of-moratorium-impact.htmlFri, 30 Jul 2010 14:50:00 GMTTurkish wire rod producers have increased export prices as they pass on recent higher ferrous scrap costs from US and European suppliers, according to market participantshttp://www.metalbulletin.com/Article/2641851/Turkish-wire-rod-mills-boost-export-prices-by-20.htmlFri, 30 Jul 2010 13:22:00 GMTArcelorMittal will invest €62 million into its units in Avilés and Gijón, in the Asturias region of northern Spain, a company spokesman told MB. http://www.metalbulletin.com/Article/2641921/ArcelorMittal-to-invest-62-million-into-plants-in-Spain.htmlFri, 30 Jul 2010 13:02:00 GMTPrices for cold rolled coil imports to Turkey have fallen $10 in line with demand, but bookings have now been made, market participants told MB.http://www.metalbulletin.com/Article/2641838/Turkish-CR-coil-import-prices-down-10-per-tonne.htmlFri, 30 Jul 2010 13:01:00 GMTCIS billet exporters held their offer prices steady for the second consecutive week, but business remains thin as Turkish consumers limit volumes because of difficulties in selling their rebar and wire rod production, Turkish market sources told MBhttp://www.metalbulletin.com/Article/2641772/Turkish-re-rollers-continue-to-shun-CIS-billet-offers.htmlFri, 30 Jul 2010 12:53:00 GMTTurkish merchant bar exporters have successfully passed on $20 price hikes to African consumers keen to replenish stocks ahead of Ramadan, Turkish mill and trader sources told MB.http://www.metalbulletin.com/Article/2641908/Africa-buyers-accept-20-rise-on-Turkish-merchant-bar-in-pre-Ramadan-stockbuilding.htmlFri, 30 Jul 2010 12:33:00 GMTIntermerchant stainless steel scrap prices rose this week as UK and EU merchants speculated sales would increase in September, they told MB.http://www.metalbulletin.com/Article/2641904/EU-UK-stainless-steel-scrap-prices-up-on-expectation-of-higher-demand-in-September.htmlFri, 30 Jul 2010 12:27:00 GMTFreight for iron ore travelling along the three main routes into China got more expensive on Thursday as spot market offers also rose.http://www.metalbulletin.com/Article/2641839/FREIGHT-REPORT-Rates-into-China-rise-as-iron-ore-spot-offers-strengthen.htmlFri, 30 Jul 2010 12:00:00 GMTLocal Turkish mills have lowered prices for cold rolled coil by $40 per tonne in line with weak demand, market participants saidhttp://www.metalbulletin.com/Article/2641711/Turkish-CRC-down-40-as-demand-falls-back.htmlFri, 30 Jul 2010 11:43:00 GMTNippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corp (NSSC), said it is targeting the Chinese and Japanese markets with a new ferritic product containing a small amount of tin. http://www.metalbulletin.com/Article/2641909/NSSC-targets-export-market-with-tin-added-stainless-grade.htmlFri, 30 Jul 2010 11:32:00 GMT