ArcelorMittal confirmed in its 2019 results last week that the global steel market is contiiuing to be affected by a raft of pressures. Despite the challenging results registered last year, the company says however that the slowdown in steel demand is beginning to stabilise. The supportive inventory environment will also …

The effects of the uncertainty created by the coronavirus outbreak in China are continuing to impact the steel market globally. Most global indicators for steel prices have corrected significantly during the last 10 days. New pressure is expected to be confirmed this week as China officially returns to work following …

After almost three months of steady recovery, Chinese hot-rolled coil prices have turned down during the last two weeks as the country prepared for the New Year celebrations.

Globally, the main markets such as North America, Europe the CIS and Turkey, are still holding firm and the recovery in HRC …

The market for billets globally last week took a pause as scrap turned down for the first time since the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2019 and the Chinese market prepared for the celebrations of the New Year.

The CIS billet export market has remained in a lull, with …