Uncertainty abounds in global steel markets

On this month’s S&P Global Platts Metals Meltdown podcast, pricing specialists Pascal Dick and Viral Shah talk to EMEA regional derivatives manager Marcel Goldenberg about the latest developments in the Turkish ferrous markets and discuss future price direction. Our specialists analyse...

This month, the S&P Global Platts Metals Meltdown series focuses on recent market developments in the Mexican rebar market and takes a look at what topics will become important in 2019. In this episode, Platts analyzes international factors on the Mexican steel market such as the US tariffs on...

The S&P Global Platts Metals Meltdown series focuses on recent market developments in the European steel market and takes a look at what topics will become important in 2019. In this episode, Platts analyzes the new definitive safeguard measures on steel imports into the European Union - due to...

The S&P Global Platts Metals Meltdown series focuses on recent market developments in the coils market and takes a look at what topics will become important for the market in 2019. In this episode, Platts analyzes recent price drops that turned market sentiment bearish and are affecting...

The S&P Global Platts Metals Meltdown series focuses on recent developments in the Turkish raw material and long steel markets while also looking at the European import quotas on wire rod and rebar and how this impacts the upstream demand and supply. In this episode, Platts further analyzes how...

The S&P Global Platts Metals Meltdown series continues, tracking the development in the Turkish raw material and long steel market and its impact on neighboring regions. In this episode, Platts looks at how steelmakers in Turkey have coped with a challenging export market and high scrap prices...

Tariffs continue to dominate the steel markets with US prices at multi-year highs and international traders finding it increasingly difficult to do business in Europe. Back once again, the renegade steel bros, Peter Brennan and Christopher Davis, round off another eventful month in the steel...

President Donald Trump has extended the exemption for steel and aluminum tariffs until June 1, increasing uncertainty around the extent of the eventual measures. Meanwhile, Chinese steel prices firmed in April despite official production figures continuing to defy the much vaunted capacity cuts....

International steel buyers are increasingly nervous about the weakness in Asian prices and trade-distorting tariffs. Rising inventories, softening demand and high production figures are combining to lower prices in China, while negotiations for exemptions from tariffs in the US are well under way....

After months of discussion, US President Donald Trump signed off on sweeping global metals tariffs -- 25% on steel and 10% on aluminum -- that exclude its Nafta neighbors to the north and south. All other countries will have to seek case-by-case exemptions from the White House, though, and trade...