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CSI: Can China's markets rebalance?

CSI: Can China's markets rebalance? (July 3, 2017)

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China’s wet summer has helped to ease the imbalance between rebar and hot rolled coil which has sent rebar prices soaring over HRC. The surge in rebar prices had been driven by capacity closures but the removal of that capacity does not necessarily mean that the rebar has now become permanently tight. 

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