Issue 23, 2024 - This week's editorial: US and Europe’s HRC tariffs likely to reshape global market flows

India may see a rise in hot rolled coil steel imports as an unintended consequence of Europe’s residual tariff-rate quota (TRQ) capping. This could lead to a re-direction of HRC imports from Southeast …

Issue 22, 2024 - This week's editorial: US steelmaker warns European counterparts, M&A sees mixed results

Conference season continued in full swing last week as many of the world’s steel industry big hitters gathered at Danieli HQ in Buttrio near Udine to discuss key industry topics, as well as be wowed …

Issue 21, 2024 - This week's editorial: China pulls down global output, CCUS in spotlight

The penultimate week of May was fairly uneventful for the global steel market, which is rather surprising given China’s launch in the prior week of its most ambitious property market stimulus package so far. Although prices …

Issue 20, 2024 - This week's editorial: Turkish market weakness adds pressure to low international consumption

Demand for longs in the global market is sluggish, while the limited number of buyers are exerting pressure on prices. Turkish long steel producers have been forced to decrease their quotes despite not securing their …