Low demand, falling scrap prices weigh on US cold-rolled coil, galvanized steel

Cold-rolled and galvanized steel prices in the United States declined over the past week, with weakening end-market demand and September’s ferrous scrap settlement working in tandem to erode spot market prices. Fastmarkets’ weekly price assessments for steel cold-rolled coil, fob mill US, and for steel hot-dipped galvanized (base) steel coil, fob mill US, both decreased to $37…

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from September 12

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Thursday September 12 that are worth another look. The three-month nickel price on the London Metal Exchange closed lower on Thursday September 12, while considerable tightness in the metal’s forward spreads prompted questions in the market about prospective deliveries into LME warehouses to ease trading conditions.…

Philippines Probing Steel Rollers for Billet Imports

Manila Times reported that Philippines Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission has launched an investigation into the allegations of corruption against several big steel manufacturers and officials of the Bureau of Customs involving the smuggling of steel that has deprived the government of billions of pesos in tax revenues. PACC Chairman Dante Jimenez said his office has brought…

British Steel CEO Mr Gerald Reichmann Leaving

The Business Insider reported that Official Receiver of British Steel has confirmed that CEO Mr Gerald Reichmann is leaving to take up a new external role in a different sector. As per report “It had already been agreed with Reichmann that having assisted with getting British Steel into a stable position and identifying a preferred…