Three US senators have asked the US Trade Representative to engage with the European Union on proposed measures that would limit the trade of steel scrap. Thom Tillis (R., N.C.), Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.), and Todd Young (R., Ind.) wrote a letter to USTR Katherine Tai on Feb. 28. The letter outlines the potential fallout to […] The post US Senators Hit Back at Proposed EU Scrap Restrictions appeared first on Steel Market Update.
The Biden administration has hit Russian pig iron as well as other steel and metal products with tariffs of up to 70%. The move was made with less fanfare than the 200% tariffs on Russian aluminum announced in a presidential proclamation last week. The tariffs were included in an annex attached to that proclamation. The […] The post US Raises Tariffs on Russian Pig Iron, Scrap, DRI Up to 70% appeared first on Steel Market Update.
Sheet prices are up again. By a lot. For the third time this month. And it’s not over yet! Nucor alone is up more since Thanksgiving ($310/per ton) than they were after the invasion of Ukraine ($275/ton), according to our price increase calendar. We had obvious drivers for the last two big rallies. The snapback […] The post Final Thoughts appeared first on Steel Market Update.
Members of the Association of Builders and Developers in Pakistan are refusing to unload steel bars on to construction sites for a week in protest at a sharp price increase. They will review the situation on 15 February, association chairman Altaf Tai said. Builders face having to pay up to an “unprecedented” PKR303,500 /t ($1,116 […]
SMU’s hot-rolled coil price has cracked $800 per ton ($40 per cwt), and so have prices on the futures market. The question of whether the $800-per-ton threshold would be breached has been answered. But it’s still unclear to me whether that threshold was breached by solid underlying demand or by momentum (buying ahead of the next […] The post Final Thoughts appeared first on Steel Market Update.
Scrap market prices increased in January month over month on poor flows in December and surging export demand, according to scrap executives. “Obsolete flows are down seasonally, and export prices have shown dramatic increases over the last month,” one scrap executive said. He said Detroit mills entered the market last week at prices up $60 per gross […] The post Scrap Prices Rise Boosted by Export Demand appeared first on Steel Market Update.
By now, anyone who works in the steel industry understands how important sustainability is. Steel is the most recycled material in the world, and recycled steel is a prominent ingredient in electric-arc furnace (EAF) steelmaking. Steel Market Update’s final Spotlight of 2022 gets into sustainability with Philip Bell, president of the Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA), […] The post SMU Spotlight: Phil Bell Talks Sustainability appeared first on Steel Market Update.
Turkish scrap import prices increase w/w The Turkish scrap market has continued the rebound and buying activity was more active last week. Our assessment for HMS 1/2 80:20 increased to $381 /t CFR on five fresh deals, up by $7 /t w/w and $31 /t m/m. Scrap prices(1) $/t11-Nov18-Nov25-Nov02-Dec09-DecHMS 1/2 80:20 CFR Turkey350339339374381Shredded CFR Turkey370359359394401Notes: (1) […]
The government of Trinidad and Tobago will lift the prohibition on foreign shipments of steel scrap by 31 December. But the ban on in-demand copper will remain. The measures were introduced in August to provisionally last six months to tackle the theft of infrastructure, notably copper and fibre optic cables from telcom TSTT which left […]
By CRU Research Analyst Aaron Kearney-Keaveny, from CRU’s Steelmaking Raw Materials Monitor The CRU metallics price indicator (CRUmpi) for November fell by 3.5% month-on-month (MoM), to 298.3, which is the lowest level since December 2020. Global scrap demand continues to be undermined by weak steel market fundamentals in key markets. Over the past few months, […] The post CRU: Scrap Prices Continue Fall, Decouple From Other Metallics appeared first on Steel Market Update.