10
Feb
16:08
Tight slab supply fuels prices, despite volatility, uncertainty
The global merchant slab market has tightened in the last fortnight amid finished product price increases, on one hand, and irregularities in primary steel production, on the other.
Trade into Turkey is interrupted for now, in the aftermath of the colossal earthquake. But when the regularly applicable market dynamics are taken into account, it looks unlikely prices will go down, Kallanish understands from market participants' observations.
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Very good overview of the weekly steel market.
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