China’s economy has been more robust than expected this year, especially construction levels over the last two months. Despite the threat of a major trade war with the USA, there is significant optimism in the market on demand in the second half. As it is time for our biannual review of our forecasts, we are pushing …

After a troubled start to the year, China’s steel market has improved dramatically since April. Strong demand continued in May but there were moments in the month when it appeared demand was sliding. At the same time, production restrictions over winter have been replaced by other restrictions in some areas, …

Kallanish Asia Steel Markets 2018 in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City over 18- 19 April brought together mills, traders and analysts from across the continent and beyond, so this week we are giving over some space to share with you some of the key trends, developments and ideas discussed at …

Trade wars are now the flavour of the day but so far the hard measures have yet to catch up with the aggressive rhetoric. An ongoing tit-for-tat response between China and the USA may well worsen over the coming months and change the picture for global trade.

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