A wide variety of factors have contributed to “a really shaky period” in international trade, delegates heard at the 86th meeting of Irepas, the International Rebar Producers & Exporters Association, held in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 29-31, 2022

Due to a reporter error, the publication of Fastmarkets’ daily indicator for No1 busheling was delayed on Tuesday June 7.

Fastmarkets is inviting feedback on plans to expand and switch its Houston ferrous scrap price series to a consumer buying assessment from its current methodology as a dealer selling assessment. It comes in response to the Houston region becoming a more defined consumer market.

Steel Dynamics Inc (SDI) is aiming for its new $1.9-billion electric-arc furnace (EAF) mill in Sinton, Texas, to be operating at 80% capacity by the third quarter before hitting full capacity by year-end, chief financial officer Theresa Wagler said at Fastmarkets’ Steel Success Strategies conference in Miami Beach, Florida, on Monday June 6

The automotive industry is ready for a green steel premium, steel industry leaders said at Fastmarkets’ Steel Success Strategies conference in Miami Beach, Florida, noting that end users will have to bear that cost

Seaborne iron ore concentrate and pellet prices rose during the week ending on Friday June 3, tracking the upward momentum in the iron ore fines segment, market sources said

The US ferrous scrap market is exhibiting signs of life this month after steel meltshops in the Southeast and in Detroit purchased prime and secondary grades of scrap at a $50-per-gross-ton discount compared with the May buy

Cleveland-Cliffs reported it has made progress toward reducing its carbon emissions per short ton of steel produced, according to a 2021 sustainability report the company released in May

Several tube mills, including Nucor Tubular and Atlas Tube, alerted customers to a $100-per-ton reduction in the price of hollow structural sections (HSS) on Thursday June 2, sources told Fastmarkets

Chile’s copper production decreased by 8.93% in April from a year earlier despite a recovery from Escondida, with fewer volumes reported for Codelco and Collahuasi, the country’s copper commission, Cochilco, said on Thursday June 2