Metal Bulletin is proposing to update the specifications for its India domestic billet and rebar assessments to provide a clearer distinction between the primary and secondary markets in India.

Rebar output in the Dominican Republic surged by 11.9% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2014, driven by increased activity in the construction sector.

Due to a technical error, the range of the weekly UAE domestic rebar assessment was wrongly stated in the Steel First database on June 21, June 28 and July 5.

China’s export prices for hot rolled coil and rebar have experienced a lot of volatility this year due to rapid fluctuations in the country’s domestic market.

Hebei Iron & Steel, China's second-biggest steelmaker by 2009 output, will raise long product prices immediately to catch up with rising spot market prices.

Global crude steel output fell by 5.1% year on year to 162.7 million tonnes in April, the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) said on Tuesday May 24

Steel First is proposing to change the publishing schedule for its Poland domestic rebar price assessment.

Due to an error in the normalisation process, the Steel First price assessment for Northern European domestic rebar was published incorrectly on Wednesday March 4.

Metal Bulletin is proposing to discontinue its weekly price assessment for Algeria rebar imports, expressed in € per tonne cfr.

Saudi Arabia has not imported rebar in 2018 and cannot utilize its full production capacity due to weak domestic demand, Ahmed Al-Hussain, rebar director of Saudi National Committee for Steel Industry said at Fastmarkets MB’s Middle East Iron and Steel Conference in Dubai on Tuesday December 11.