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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Finished long steel prices in Europe are expected to remain largely stable in February after rising steadily through January, market participants told Metal Bulletin this week.

Finished long steel prices in Europe are expected to remain strong into the fourth quarter of 2017, supported by reduced availability, strong demand and higher production costs, according to market participants.

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.

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.

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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.

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.