Steel plate prices in the United States went down during the week to Friday September 27; market participants who spoke with Fastmarkets said they expected the declines, indicating that soft demand remains the primary driver behind falling prices.
30 September 2019
Muyao Shen
Turkey exported 381,915 tonnes of flat steel products in August 2019, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), up by 7.11% year on year from the 356,568 tonnes exported in August 2018.
30 September 2019
Serife Durmus
German steelmaker Thyssenkrupp named Martina Merz as its new chief executive officer as of October 1, replacing Guido Kerkhoff, the supervisory board confirmed on Monday September 30.
30 September 2019
Carrie Bone
Manganese ore producers reduced their offer prices to attract business in the week ended Friday September 27 after buyers either delayed or cut their bids prior to China’s week-long National Day holiday (October 1-7).
30 September 2019
Janie Davies, Jon Stibbs, Amy Lv
CIS export billet prices continued to fall at the end of September amid the continuing downtrend in the global steel markets, particularly the finished flat steel segment, both domestically and in the major customer outlets, due to the slowdown in trading activity.
30 September 2019
Vlada Novokreshchenova
Turkish steel producers have continued to book deep-sea scrap for November shipments at the beginning of this week, with prices fairly stable, sources said on Monday September 30.
30 September 2019
Cem Turken
Delegates at the 19th China Steel and Raw Materials conference organized by China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) were cautiously optimistic about demand for iron ore and steel prices after the week-long holiday in the country, starting October 1.
30 September 2019
Deepali Sharma, July Zhang
Turkish domestic auto bundle scrap prices have gone down over the past week amid further softening of imported scrap values, but ship scrap prices were largely stable, sources said on Monday September 30.
30 September 2019
Cem Turken
Some key Egyptian rebar producers reduced their offer prices on Monday, September 30.
30 September 2019
Serife Durmus
Import prices for flat-rolled steel in South America continued to fall last week, following a persistent global downtrend and amid weak demand in the region.
30 September 2019
Renato Rostás
