At the end of November on the world market of rolled ferrous metals continued the upward trend in prices in the segment of export deliveries of semi-finished steel product, says Tatyana Gurtovenko, expert GP "dzi".
According to Gurtovenko, in the segment of long steel in those regions where there was high export prices, there have been adjustments in the direction of the current downward global trend in the segment of flat rolled metal, on the contrary, there were significant increases in export prices.
In General, according to experts, the price situation remains ambiguous.
"on the one hand - a reduction in consumption due to the negative impact of low business activity in the segment of metal products, the other is the rise in price of raw materials leads directly to higher prices for metal products," says Gurtovenko.
this week about the improvement of the situation on the steel market Savile two industry associations – the Chinese Institute of iron and steel (CISA) and the British engineering analytical center MEPS.
Global rebar prices, exports, FOB
the World price of g / K roll, export, FOB