US President Donald Trump’s 232 pronouncements earlier this year continue to stir the global pot as individual companies and countries alike seek clarity.

In this edition, we will take a look at the difficulties facing exporters in the Chinese market. Some traders are considering short-selling their material to avoid slipping …

At the beginning of last week, US authorities announced the results of their latest negotiations regarding the new tariffs for the import of steel. Whilst confirming agreements with Argentina, Brazil and Australia for permanent exemption from the measures, they also said that negotiations with Canada, Mexico and the EU will …

The World Steel Association (worldsteel) says that global crude steel output from its 67 reporting countries was 148.3 million tonnes in March 2018, up 4% year-on-year. Capacity utilisation also rose on-year again during the month.

China produced 74mt in the month, an increase of 4.5% on March 2017 and just …

The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has released its April 2018 short range outlook (SRO) forecasting that global steel demand will reach 1,616.1 million tonnes in 2018, an increase of 1.8% on 2017. In 2019, it is forecasted that global steel demand will grow by 0.7% to reach 1,626.7mt.

Steel demand …