Steelmakers in Germany have settled their monthly scrap contracts for September at prices that were down by an average of €25 ($28) per tonne from last month, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday September 13. Fastmarkets’ monthly price assessment for steel scrap No E3 (old thick steel scrap) domestic, delivered mill Germany, was at €225-235 per…
DetailsAs part of the project to implement business process automation at the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, MMK-Informservice has entered into a general partnership agreement with UiPath, a world leader in producing software platforms for robotic process automation. The partnership will improve the efficiency of MMK’s large-scale project to automate business processes by reducing the…
DetailsGlobal ferrous scrap prices continued to move down across all the major scrap markets during the week ended Friday September 13, with buyers postponing buying activity in the expectation of securing lower prices after prices fell in Turkey, turning worldwide sentiment negative. Fresh Turkey bookings continue downward price trend US prices fall on recent cargoes…
DetailsThe US International Trade Commission has determined that revoking the existing antidumping order on imports of diffusion-annealed, nickel-plated flat-rolled steel products from Japan would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time. As a result of the Commission’s affirmative determination, the existing antidumping duty order on imports…
DetailsExport prices of Brazilian slab dropped this week because of weakness in the flat steel market in the United States and competition from other suppliers. Fastmarkets’ weekly price of steel slab export, fob main port Brazil, was $420-435 per tonne on Friday September 13, down by $10-15 from $430-450 per tonne fob a week earlier.…
DetailsFollowing last year’s order for a new 18-stand rolling mill, Nucor Steel has chosen Danieli to supply a new Quenching and Self-Tempering system, to be installed at the same mill in Marion, Ohio. The Quenching and Self-Tempering process improves the mechanical properties of deformed bars, in particular the yield strength, using billets with lower alloy…
DetailsPoor demand and ongoing bearish sentiment surrounding the European economy continued to keep premiums for aluminium foundry in the region tepid on Friday September 13. Fastmarkets assessed the aluminium wheel alloy silicon 7 ingot premium ddp Germany at $335-355 per tonne on Friday, unchanged from August 9. On the same day, Fastmarkets assessed the aluminium…
DetailsCzech media reported that management of the Liberty Ostrava steelworks signed an agreement with the trade unionists on the future of the company. It concerns future investments, production and employment, but also extends the current collective agreement until 2023. The agreement of the company with the trade unions enshrines, for example, the minimum annual steel…
DetailsThe government’s move towards mandatory registration of steel import contracts under the Steel Import Monitoring System has raised the hackles of the user industry. The decision is intended to check, if not eliminate, invoice manipulation, the government has argued. Until now, New Delhi has had no clue about the details of import contracts entered into…
DetailsPrices for austenitic grades of alloy steel scrap in the UK domestic market decreased this week, despite high nickel costs, because of low demand from stainless steel mills, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday September 13. Austenitic alloy steel scrap prices are usually closely tied to those of nickel. Indeed, since the beginning of July, austenitic…
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