Amid calls for more independent, third-party references in a highly competitive international market for steel products, Metal Bulletin has upgraded its weekly fob China rebar price assessment to a daily index.

The European Commission (EC) has imposed definitive anti-dumping duties on high fatigue performance (HFP) rebar originating from China, with effect from Thursday July 28.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February will have a profound effect on flows of material in global metal markets in the long term; in the short term the consequences have been extraordinary

Metal Bulletin is proposing to discontinue its weekly price assessment for Saudi Arabia rebar imports $ per tonne cfr.

Market participants in Asia are anticipating a surge in deliveries of lower-priced United States-origin ferrous scrap and Turkish rebar in the coming weeks as Turkey's economic troubles continue.

Turkish domestic rebar prices have increased slightly in line with the rising costs for scrap and billet, sources said on Thursday November 30.

Metal Bulletin proposes to convert the weekly fob China Rebar price assessment for 12-32mm chromium-added rebar, to a daily index, starting from October 16 this year.

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The rate at which the European Commission’s import safeguard quotas for wire rod and rebar are filling up is still accelerating, and may give domestic long steel producers an opportunity to raise their prices in the next few weeks despite lukewarm demand.

Rebar prices in Europe have been under downward pressure from subdued demand and the situation is unlikely to change for better anytime soon.