Kallanish Steel Weekly
The reduction by the US of Section 232 tariff on Turkish steel to 25% will not see Turkish exports to the US return to previous tonnages, according to the Turkish Steel Exporters’ Association (CIB). It does however see this as a positive development, the CIB says.
Besides reducing the tariff on …
Last week the market was dominated by the news that US authorities have decided to relax the existing steel tariffs on some of its principal external steel suppliers - Turkey, Mexico and Canada.
This happened as US trade tensions with China worsened, confirming that some uncertainty remains in the global …
In simultaneous statements, both thyssenkrupp AG and Tata Steel Limited confirmed last week that they expect the European Commission to block the proposed merger of the two companies’ European steel operations.
The long-discussed joint venture has been fraught with difficulties since the concept was first publicly launched in 2016. It has …
The World Steel Association (worldsteel) says that global crude steel output from its 64 reporting countries was 155 million tonnes in March 2019, up 4.9% year-on-year. China produced 80.3mt in the month, an increase of 10% on March 2018 and still well over half of the world’s crude steel output. …
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Very good overview of the weekly steel market.
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