Metal Bulletin has amended the Turkey domestic rebar and Turkey domestic wire rod price assessments.

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.

Already tight supply of reinforcing bar in the western United States has been restricted further by the implementation of Section 232 import tariffs on steel goods from Canada, Mexico and the European Union, according to market participants.

Turkish steel producers continued to book deep-sea scrap cargoes for September shipments at stable prices on Wednesday August 4, market participants told Fastmarkets.

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.

US imports of most Turkish rebar products declined in the first half of this year compared with January-June 2012, but imports of alloyed rebar increased slightly, according to the US Census Bureau.

August 24 marked six months since the beginning of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine on February 24

The Dominican Republic government has imposed a final anti-dumping duty on imports of rebar from Spain.

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.

China’s steel market participants have mixed expectations about supply and demand in the next three months ahead of and during the 2022 Winter Olympics after hearing that some steel mills near the host cities will be required to suspend production.