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 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.

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.

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

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.

Prices for steel scrap imported into Bangladesh in containers have gone down again over the past week, while those for bulk cargoes were steadier, market participants told Fastmarkets on Thursday October 8.

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.