Following an assessment review, Metal Bulletin is proposing the following changes to the regional breakdown of its steel prices portfolio.

A boom in construction is driving growth in East Africa’s steel industry. In the first of a series of reports, Nina Nasman gives a rundown of Kenya’s and Tanzania’s biggest names in steel.

China National Building Materials & Equipment Import & Export Corp (CNBM) has launched a physical trading platform for iron ore, coking coal and steel products.

Latin America editor Ana Paula Camargo looks at the main news covered by Steel First over the past week.

Metal Bulletin reviews the major stories that have affected the steel market over the past week.

Steel billet prices moved up last week in most regional markets despite a general weakness in demand for long steel products, with the biggest gains seen in China and Southeast Asia.

Growth in Turkey’s steel industry ranks third in the world behind only China and India, according to Veysel Yayan, general secretary of the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers’ Assn (DCUD).

The temporary exemption granted to EU countries from steel import tariffs in the United States is a “cause for optimism” but action should be taken to avoid a glut of imports from countries which will be affected by the measures, industry group UK Steel said on Thursday March 22.

Metal Bulletin reviews the major stories that have affected the steel market over the past week.

The Brazilian long steel market in February was marked by rumors of price increases and the approval, with restrictions, of the merger between ArcelorMittal Brasil and Votorantim Siderurgia.