Last week the trends for Chinese iron ore prices and Turkish scrap values diverged again: iron ore recovered from the recent fall to return to level of around $90/tonne cfr China, while Turkish scrap continued to correct downward. Going forward, the main question among market participants is whether the latest …

World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association increased 1.7% on-year in July to 156.7 million tonnes. Growth thus slowed from 4.6% in June and 5.4% in May.

Although slowing from double-digit growth, Chinese production still increased 5% in July to 85.2mt, while Indian …

During the last two weeks iron ore prices have continued the downtrend initiated in July, to fall back to the lowest price level seen since the end of January this year. On Thursday the 22nd of August the price of iron ore touched $83.34/dry metric ton cfr Qingdao, only to recover …

The differential between the global benchmark for scrap and iron ore has been climbing back rapidly during the last several days, as Chinese iron ore has lost ground while Turkish scrap has remained relatively stable.

At the end of last week the differential between HMS 1/2 (80:20 blend) CFR Turkey …