Key Asian markets Taiwan and the Philippines will have to rely more on higher-priced steel billet from Southeast Asia if they can no longer procure Russian material amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to sources

Fastmarkets has discontinued its weekly price assessment for Algeria rebar imports, expressed in € per tonne cfr. There will be no price assessment on October 10.

Ahead of the annual North American Ferro-alloys conference in Chicago on September 25-27, Fastmarkets looks at some of the key factors likely to dominate vanadium contract negotiations over the coming weeks.

Michael Lin, special assistant to Feng Hsin Steel’s chairman, talks about the mill’s planned investments and the state of Taiwan’s steel market in this second segment of a two-part interview with Steel First.

Peruvian mills Aceros Arequipa and Gerdau’s Siderperú saw their combined rebar output increase by 4.8% year-on-year in the first half of 2014.

The high price in the Russian domestic rebar price range was showing incorrectly in the database from December 24 2012 to February 4 2013. The correct range for the period is 16,280-17,960 roubles.

Russia's Industrial Metallurgical Holding (IMH) company began producing steel rebar at its new Tula-Steel subsidiary facility last week.

Commercial Metals Company’s acquisition of four Gerdau reinforcing bar mills will give the steelmaker a dominant position in the US market, industry analysts said.

The Malaysian government wants more time to make a preliminary determination on an anti-dumping investigation relating to rebar imported from China and South Korea.

Global rebar demand will reach record levels in 2018-19, supported by growth in the construction sector, particularly in developed economies and across Asia, according to Celsa Group.