Metal Bulletin reviews the major stories affecting the steel market over the past week.

Fastmarkets proposes to discontinue its weekly export price assessment for rebar in Latin America, which is made on a $ per tonne fob main port basis.

The heads of several steel industry associations in the United States remained divided on the effectiveness of the Section 232 tariffs on US steel imports but found some common ground on the subject of the yet to be signed US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

Metal Bulletin reviews the major stories affecting the steel market over the past week.

As competition in the global steel markets remains fierce, Metal Bulletin provides an update on the new, progressing and closed trade cases from around the world in July 2018.

Global steel scrap prices softened in the week ended Friday July 6, amid a fall in demand across most regions. Turkey booked no new deep-sea cargoes and the Indian market was also quiet, while prices on the East Coast of the United States remained flat due to a lack of deals.

Good morning from Fastmarkets MB’s offices in Asia as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Friday December 28.

Fastmarkets MB’s weekly price assessments for the CIS export steel market will not be published on October 15 because of a public holiday in Ukraine.

The seaborne iron ore market was quiet at the start of the week, although news of output cuts at mills in a key steel production region in north China, shook market confidence.

Editor Vera Blei looks at the main news covered by Steel First over the past week.