Fastmarkets proposes to change the publication time of the CIS export steel billet index, fob Black Sea ports, from 2pm to 4pm London time each day.

Prices in the global billet market diverged in the week ended Friday November 2.

To our readers: PPI Pulp & Paper Week pricing for US recovered paper has been delayed due to a technical error. They were to be published at 3 PM ET. These prices will be published as soon as possible. They are for the domestic market as well as exports to China, India, and Asia. P&PW […]

Key data from the Tuesday October 30 pricing session in Shanghai.

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Friday November 2.

As competition in the global steel markets remains fierce, Fastmarkets provides an update on the new, progressing and closed ferrous trade cases from around the world in October 2018.

Asia’s flat steel market is expected to continue to see declining prices amid persistently weak demand and excess supply in the region, market sources told Fastmarkets MB this week.

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Thursday November 1.

BHP is counting on India and China to drive demand for steelmaking raw materials in the year ahead, and expects the structural change in the Chinese steel industry in particular to sustain wide differentials between products of varying quality.

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Wednesday October 31.