Stronger buying appetite for pellet feed products among Chinese buyers has led to higher seaborne premiums since late July, with market participants expecting a wider price gap between high-grade pellet feed and high-grade sinter fines, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday August 25
The publication of several Fastmarkets’ steel, scrap and manganese ore prices for Friday August 4 were delayed due to a technical issue.
The share of direct-reduced iron (DRI) being used by Indian induction furnaces and foundries has grown over the last month, despite efforts by a strong scrap lobby to use more of the secondary raw material to reduce carbon emissions in the country
Green premiums, reducing Scope 3 emissions and the quest for high-grade iron ore were among the key topics discussed at the 27th International Iron Ore forum in Stockholm
China’s steel industry is on a journey to prioritize the production of green steel in a suitable and effective way, in this article, we interview Frank Zhong, the deputy director general of World Steel Association about China’s decarbonization strategy
Mitsui and Kobe Steel are seeking to reinforce their position in direct-reduced iron (DRI) production in the Middle East with the construction of a low-CO2 iron metallics production plant within the Special Economic Zone at Duqm, in the Sultanate of Oman
Demand in the direct-reduced (DR) iron ore pellet market has improved, partly due to a lower premium in the second quarter, sources told Fastmarkets
Shortages of high-grade pellet-feed iron ore concentrates and good-quality ferrous scrap such as plate and structural grades mean that direct-shipping iron ore fines are likely to remain the mainstay steelmaking raw material
The publication of Fastmarkets’ weekly CIS and European pig iron price assessments for Thursday October 27 were delayed because of an error
Low-priced offers of steel billet from China have significantly depressed sentiment in the key Southeast Asian steel market, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday October 25