Fastmarkets Metal Bulletin indices

Fastmarkets has decided to discontinue its weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar) domestic, ex-whs Northern China because the price is not a key price benchmark.

The publication of Fastmarkets’ index for steel reinforcing bar (rebar) export, fob China main port for Tuesday November 19 was delayed due to a reporter error. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.

The heightened importance for the steel reinforcing bar (rebar) industry was apparent to market participants immediately, and has expanded to include multiple arms of the wider construction sector, including merchant bar, beams and wire rod, according to multiple sources in the rebar and general construction markets contacted by Fastmarkets on Wednesday October 2. The Category 4 […]

Fastmarkets proposes to discontinue its weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar) domestic, ex-whs Northern China.

A California federal jury has issued a $110 million anti-trust verdict against Commercial Metals Company on November 5, finding the Texas-based rebar producer liable for multiple anti-trust violations, while awarding Pacific Steel Group (PSG) millions of dollars due to lost profits and additional damages.

Fastmarkets has corrected its MB-STE-0037 steel reinforcing bar (Rebar) domestic, exw Italy price, which was published incorrectly on Wednesday September 4.

Once complete, the green rebar mill will be the first of its kind in North America.

China’s revision of its national rebar standards, which is set to go into effect from September 2024, is expected to increase demand for vanadium nitrogen and silico-manganese amid a push for developing high-quality steel

Fastmarkets will amend its MB-STE-0092 steel reinforcing bar (rebar) domestic, exw Poland, zloty/tonne price assessment on Friday May 3.