Rebar prices in the Brazilian domestic market were unchanged in August amid rumours of a potential upswing.

The Turkish rebar market was significantly affected in 2017 by the political problems within the country and by the weakening of its currency, the lira, while slow demand in the country’s traditional export markets led steel mills to direct their exports to new destinations.

New long steel capacity in the pipeline in the Philippines may well disrupt trade flows in Asia once they come on stream, market sources told Metal Bulletin this week.

Spain-based steelmaker Celsa expects the consumption of long products worldwide to grow 8% year-on-year in 2012, the company’s export sales manager said.

Steel scrap prices in the global markets continued to fall in the working week ended Friday July 3, with the exception of Turkey, which secured a cargo at a higher price as the week closed.

The rebar and billet markets in Turkey are gaining strength after a long period of weakness, market participants said on Thursday 14 February.

Mills in Bangladesh purchased three bulk cargoes in the last week, with prices easing gently, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday January 14.

Import prices for containerized ferrous scrap in Taiwan declined further this week, with steelmakers holding back amid a weakening market for the steelmaking raw material in Asia.

Rebar exporters in Turkey are expecting the anti-dumping investigation against imports of the product into the USA to lead to small duties, Celsa’s international commercial director, Kim Marti said on Tuesday April 1 at the International Rebar Exporters and Producers Assn (Irepas) meeting.

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