On this month’s S&P Global Platts Metals Meltdown podcast, pricing specialists Pascal Dick and Viral Shah talk to EMEA regional derivatives manager Marcel Goldenberg about the latest developments in the Turkish ferrous markets and discuss future price direction. Our specialists analyse...

Metals Meltdown Podcast

How low can scrap and rebar go?

This month, the S&P Global Platts Metals Meltdown series focuses on recent market developments in the Mexican rebar market and takes a look at what topics will become important in 2019. In this episode, Platts analyzes international factors on the Mexican steel market such as the US tariffs on...

Trade tensions, uncertain landscape weigh heavy on Mexican rebar market

The S&P Global Platts Metals Meltdown series focuses on recent market developments in the European steel market and takes a look at what topics will become important in 2019. In this episode, Platts analyzes the new definitive safeguard measures on steel imports into the European Union - due to...

Focus on European definitive safeguard measures on steel imports

The S&P Global Platts Metals Meltdown series focuses on recent market developments in the coils market and takes a look at what topics will become important for the market in 2019. In this episode, Platts analyzes recent price drops that turned market sentiment bearish and are affecting...

Focus on European flat steel developments, outlook 2019

The S&P Global Platts Metals Meltdown series focuses on recent developments in the Turkish raw material and long steel markets while also looking at the European import quotas on wire rod and rebar and how this impacts the upstream demand and supply. In this episode, Platts further analyzes how...

Focus on Turkish steel output cuts, EU safeguard: challenges in Turkey/Black Sea long products value chain

The S&P Global Platts Metals Meltdown series continues, tracking the development in the Turkish raw material and long steel market and its impact on neighboring regions. In this episode, Platts looks at how steelmakers in Turkey have coped with a challenging export market and high scrap prices...

Turkey in focus: Steelmakers cope with challenging export market, high scrap prices

Tariffs continue to dominate the steel markets with US prices at multi-year highs and international traders finding it increasingly difficult to do business in Europe. Back once again, the renegade steel bros, Peter Brennan and Christopher Davis, round off another eventful month in the steel...

Uncertainty abounds in global steel markets

President Donald Trump has extended the exemption for steel and aluminum tariffs until June 1, increasing uncertainty around the extent of the eventual measures. Meanwhile, Chinese steel prices firmed in April despite official production figures continuing to defy the much vaunted capacity cuts....

Uncertainty in steel markets prolonged by US tariff delay

International steel buyers are increasingly nervous about the weakness in Asian prices and trade-distorting tariffs. Rising inventories, softening demand and high production figures are combining to lower prices in China, while negotiations for exemptions from tariffs in the US are well under way....

US tariffs and Chinese prices ramp up anxiety in steel markets

After months of discussion, US President Donald Trump signed off on sweeping global metals tariffs -- 25% on steel and 10% on aluminum -- that exclude its Nafta neighbors to the north and south. All other countries will have to seek case-by-case exemptions from the White House, though, and trade...

Making sense of the Trump tariffs

Higher global steel output -- despite winter cuts in China -- does not seem to be dampening pricing or demand. And in the US, imports are up, but so are steel prices. Will the bull run continue even if President Trump opts for far-reaching tariffs or quotas under Section 232? Will he and his...

Questions abound, but metals momentum rolls on

Elevated pricing and strong margins have many steel mills happy about the start to 2018. But questions remain regarding potential trade measures and how long the good times might linger into the New Year. S&P Global Platts Christopher Davis and Peter Brennan take a look at what's driving the...

Strong start buoys steelmakers' outlook for 2018

52 million mt of Chinese steel production capacity will not be utilized as part of mandated winter output cuts. But tightening supply is just one part of the picture in China as strong demand and low inventories have helped bolster prices, creating fertile conditions for the international markets...

Chinese steel prices end the year with a bang

A meeting hosted by Italian steel distributors’ group, Assofermet, in Milan provided a glimpse into the China Iron & Steel Association’s strategy for winning over Europe. At a time when trade litigation has strained relations between the two markets, CISA says now is not the time...

CISA meets Milan

The mood of C-level executives attending the World Steel Association's annual meeting in Brussels was more upbeat than in years past, as mill margins and finished steel prices remain elevated. But the extent of China's phased out induction furnace capacity surprised many when worldsteel released...

Buoyant mood prevails as global steel execs gather in Brussels

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