Following a month-long consultation with the market, Metal Bulletin will change the assessment days for its Chinese steel export prices, its Chinese domestic stainless flat steel prices, and its East Asian stainless flat steel prices.

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

Buying activity in most billet markets was reduced last week amid weaker demand for finished steel due to Ramadan, the wet season in Asia and new trade restrictions in some countries.

Global steel scrap prices could "plummet" in the coming months due to sluggish export demand and pressure from lower-priced iron ore and coke, according to two World Steel Dynamics (WSD) analysts.

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were up across the board by an average of 0.7% on the morning of Thursday November 15.

Good morning from Metal Bulletin’s offices in Asia, bringing the latest news and pricing stories on Wednesday December 20.

Shandong Wanbao Group is seeking to lock in raw material costs for its customers with the newly launched iron ore futures contract on the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE).

Metal Bulletin Research’s latest study of the global ferrous scrap sector, A Strategic Five Year Outlook to the Global Ferrous Scrap Industry, is available now and shows why Chinese scrap consumption will remain high over the next decade.

Metal Bulletin is proposing to change the assessment days for its Chinese steel export prices, its Chinese domestic stainless flat steel prices, and its East Asian stainless flat steel prices.

Steel imports into the USA in October fell to the lowest level in six months on the back of major declines in semi-finished material and plate products.