Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday February 24 that are worth another look.

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.

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

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.

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Friday December 21.

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.

Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) countries are finding common ground over the threat from steel being redirected as a result of the United States decision to impose tariffs on imports.

Recent unfavorable developments in the Turkish economy - in the steel market in particular - caused by the aggravation of diplomatic relationships with the US has put pressure on CIS steel producers, both in terms of export volumes and prices.