Small and medium-sized steel mills in Bangladesh have been forced to re-enter the market for scrap at high prices, market participants said on Thursday December 3.

Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States have held above $40 per hundredweight ($800 per short ton) while the availability of spot tons remains limited, according to sources.

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Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States climbed over $40 per hundredweight ($800 per short ton) for the first time since 2018 after more buyers chased fewer spot tons at the domestic mills.

The harvest results from what is expected to be Australia’s second biggest wheat crop on record show that heavy rains through the...

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Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were once again mainly stronger this morning, Tuesday December 1, helped by strong Chinese Caixin manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) data, but Shanghai Futures Exchange prices were more polarized.

A number of Chinese dealers and business entities are taking over Japanese scrapyards, or setting up scrap businesses in Japan, to secure sufficient supply of the steelmaking raw material for steel mills in China, market sources told Fastmarkets this week.

Turkey's state grain buyer issued a late-notice buy tender to secure 400,000 mt of wheat for January shipment, an official...