March 2020 IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from March 31 Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday March 31 that are worth another look. 31 March 2020 Fastmarkets MB staff Mexican ferrous scrap prices rise on currency volatility, low generation Ferrous scrap prices in the Mexican steelmaking regions of Monterrey and Bajio rose during the week ended Friday March 27 - bucking the trend in global markets - due to a strong devaluation of the peso. 31 March 2020 Felipe Peroni ISRI seeks regulatory relief for metals transport The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) is petitioning the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration (FMCSA) to include metals transport in its expanded national emergency declaration, which provides regulatory relief to commercial vehicle drivers amid the Covid-19 outbreak. 31 March 2020 Jenny Stewart Global Covid-19 effects could cut iron ore supply by 18 mln tonnes in 2020, Vale says Nationwide lockdowns and restrictions on activity to contain the Covid-19 pandemic could reduce the supply of iron ore in the seaborne market by around 18 million tonnes this year, according to mining company Vale. 31 March 2020 Renato Rostás Turkish flat steel output will decrease in April on maintenance breaks Flat steel output in Turkey will decrease in April due to maintenance breaks by two major producers. 31 March 2020 Serife Durmus Polish platemaker to be put up for sale in mid-April Struggling Polish steel platemaker ISD Huta Czestochowa has been recommended for sale by tender, Fastmarkets learnt on Tuesday March 31. 31 March 2020 Julia Bolotova EUROPE HRC: Domestic prices stable in slow market European domestic prices for hot-rolled coil were almost unchanged day on day in a slow market, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday March 31. 31 March 2020 Maria Tanatar GULF FLAT STEEL IMPORTS: All prices down on soft demand Flat steel import prices in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have fallen by around $10-20 per tonne over the past week, with the market very slow because of concerns about the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday March 31. 31 March 2020 Serife Durmus GULF STEEL BILLET, REBAR: Prices fall sharply on weak trading The prices for steel rebar and billet in the United Arab Emirates have decreased sharply over the past week, with demand very weak amid concerns about the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, market sources said on Tuesday March 31. 31 March 2020 Serife Durmus DAILY SCRAP REPORT: Mills go silent in deep-sea markets amid virus outbreak The Turkish steel mills have gone quiet in the deep-sea scrap markets after the recent sharp fall in prices, with more mills shutting down their operations due to the Covid-19 pandemic, sources said on Tuesday March 31. 31 March 2020 Cem Turken « 1 2 3 4 5 … »