Steel First sister company AMM has adjusted the publishing schedule for its merchant bar, reinforcing bar, special bar quality and wire rod price assessments with effect from Friday May 1.

With port stocks high and prices tumbling, the iron ore market could be in for a turbulent time as China's economy slows down ahead of the winter.

Fastmarkets published its India domestic, export and import prices later than scheduled on Friday April 12, because of a technical issue.

Global scrap markets were looking for a clear direction, with international prices inching upward, while demand was moderate during the working week from Monday June 19 to Friday June 23.

Chinese steelmakers’ narrowing margins and improvements in the supply of Brazilian iron ore have resulted in lower penalties for alumina content in the steelmaking raw material recently, though there are factors that could raise buyers’ sensitivity toward this impurity in the coming months.

Turkish long steel producer Koç Metalurji intends to halt steel production to allow maintenance work during the first month of 2019, a mill source told Fastmarkets on Wednesday November 28.

The global long steel market has reached its bottom level, with activity expected to pick up in the near term, according to the rebar sector’s global organisation.

The Indian government is to impose a 20% export duty on graphite electrodes from April 1, according to the International Rebar Producers & Exporters Association (Irepas).

The US ferrous scrap market idled into neutral on news that Section 232 tariffs will take effect in the coming week, with buyers holding internal discussions and dealers afraid to sell below fair market price - but roared back to life by end of Friday March 2.

Bulk scrap purchasing in the Bangladesh import market is under pressure, largely due to inflated inventories of material and high offer prices, market sources told Fastmarkets on January 10.