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Iranian steel slab and billet exports to face headwinds as the US threatens to rip up the nuclear deal
Monday, 30 April 2018
Iran has been active in the semi-finished export market for a long time. However, its exports leapt since sanctions lifted in 2016. Iranian slab supply to the spot market exceeded above the market expectation. According to the latest data from the Iranian Steel Producers Association (ISPA), Iranian semi-finished steel exports in the first ten months
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North American Steelmaking Capacity Databook 2018: Steel production capacity by equipment of 239 steel plants across Canada, Mexico and US
Friday, 27 April 2018
Why should you consult this product? The full coverage of the North American steel making capacity by plant and by equipment types Covering 239 plants Detailed capacity segmentation by around 20 equipment by plant Information about the future planned capacity Covering around 88 companies by ownership All data is available in excel and ready for
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The US Steelmaking Capacity Databook 2018
Thursday, 26 April 2018
Commodity Inside has profiled steel capacity of 183 US steel works by the following equipment: Blast furnace DRI BOF EAF Others Total liquid Steel Slab Billet Bloom Total semi-finished steel Rebar Wire rod Merchant bar Sections Rails Total long products Plate Hot-rolled Coil Cold-rolled Coil Total flat products Tinplate Electro galvanised/Hot-dip galvanised Colour Coating Total
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In Europe ArcelorMittal and NLMK to face challenges, but others see opportunities
Tuesday, 24 April 2018
The European market is still slow after the Easter holidays. Prices are flat, and import activity remained subdued due to the safeguards measures taken by the EU to keep imports at bay. For instance, the Port of Antwerp in Belgium, a leading port for steel in Europe, has received much less imports of steel, including
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The Asain flat steel market remains mixed in March
Tuesday, 03 April 2018
The imposition of 25% tax by the US administration on steel imports is going to affect some Asian markets directly or indirectly. Among others, India is not going to be affected much in term of exports as the country’s steelmakers had already been facing many trade barriers and duties in the US. However, the Indian
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US grants exemption on steel tariffs to EU and four other countries
Thursday, 22 March 2018
The Trump administration has decided to grant a temporary exemption to the EU, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and South Korea from the punitive tariffs. However, this exemption is temporary, and the terms will be negotiated on a country by country basis. One of the points in the negotiation would be to ally with the
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US tariffs on steel imports will distort the steel market globally
Thursday, 22 March 2018
The 25% tariff on steel imports announced by the US President on March 8th and is due to be implemented from March 23rd has already provoked reactions in the US and elsewhere. There has been opposition from both the opposition and GOP against this move due to concerns that it could end up harming US
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The US tariffs and its impact on slab trade
Friday, 09 March 2018
Donald Trump has now signed an order to impose import tariffs of 25% on steel and 10% aluminium arguing that the US has been suffering from “unfair trade” and the move would help the US metal industry. The tariffs will be effective in 15 days. However, Canada and Mexico have been exempted temporarily, whilst the
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