In the process of standardizing the names of its prices, Fastmarkets has found that the delivery destination was displayed incorrectly in the name of its Russian domestic steel prices.

Participants in the European long steel markets expect consumption to rise once the weather improves in April, but the outlook for prices appears to differ between Northern and Southern Europe, market sources told Metal Bulletin this week.

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Metal Bulletin will not publish certain price assessments for steel and ferrous scrap products in the Middle East and Turkey during the period August 20-24, 2018, because of the religious Eid al-Adha public holidays.

Finished long steel prices in Europe are expected to weaken in line with the seasonal fall in end-user demand in December, according to market participants.

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The seaborne iron ore market maintained its momentum in March, even with the Covid-19 pandemic causing turmoil for the global economic outlook and leading to steel production cuts and weakening demand outside of China.

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Two more steel producers in Italy have stopped operations following the recent nationwide extension of the country’s coronavirus-related quarantine area, and more stoppages were expected, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday March 12.

The fate of the steel world continues to hang in the balance: Numerous scrapyards have stopped operations, blast furnaces around the world have stopped and aggressive offers by traders for Russian and Indian supply have pushed prices down further.