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.

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.

Metal Bulletin discontinued its weekly Saudi Arabia rebar import price on Tuesday July 3.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.