Last week the World Steel Association (worldsteel) released its figures for crude steel production in 2017. According to the association, global crude steel output was 1.691 billion tonnes from its 66 reporting countries in 2017, up 5.3% year-on-year. Crude steel production increased in all regions in 2017 except in the …

Seaborne iron ore prices gained strongly on Friday on the back of a rebound in Chinese steel prices. This supported the sentiment of the global steel market last week, but meanwhile scrap prices in Turkey fell by $15/tonne bringing some uncertainty in the European and Middle Eastern markets. The rebound …

Iron ore and scrap prices in China and Turkey started the year continuing to recover, but some finished steel markets started to show some signs of weakness last week, mainly in Asia, increasing the uncertainty in the sector going forward.

Iron ore concluded last week well above the $77.5/t CFR …

2017 was a better year than expected, mainly due to the good performance of the Chinese market, the reduction in exports from China and the rally of scrap prices globally.

Iron ore price during the year averaged $70-75/tonne cfr Qingdao according to Kallanish price series, well above the $60/t cfr …