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Steelmakers Face Challenge of Scrap Shortage, Iron Ore Pricing
Turks Diving Back Into US Ferrous Scrap Market Steelmakers Prepare to Invest in Growth Steelmakers Eye Big Increases in Raw Material Costs Ferrous Scrap Market Up for March China's Growing Hunger for Steel Dominates Sector Chinese head ferrous scrap buying bonanza
Raw material pricing will remain a major challenge for steelmakers, with ferrous scrap in short supply and a switch to shorter contract terms for iron ore a momentous development for buyers, speakers at the Critical Commodities Conference in New Orleans said.
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After an order drought that has lasted for much of the past month, U.S. ferrous scrap exporters are again getting a portion of Turkey's business.
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Steelmakers and distributors in Europe and the U.S. are allocating larger budgets to growth projects in 2010, signaling a potential return to profitability even though demand growth in some markets, such as Europe, remains lackluster.
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Steel consumers should brace themselves for the onset of much higher steel prices in coming months as steelmakers conclude annual negotations with miners that may result in steelmaking raw material prices rising by 70% or more in 2010, a large steelmaker said.
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It looks like the ferrous scrap roller coaster is still climbing, as steel industry activity and scrap market forces seem to be aligning toward an uptick in prices for March.
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China's surging demand for steel this year is expected to dominate the landscape of the steel industry as never before..
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The ferrous scrap buying bonanza has shifted to the Far East, with China replacing Turkey as the main destination for U.S. scrap exporters..
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Steel and Input Cost Economics 2010
The expectation for 2010 is the return of inflation across the economy, with the magnitude and timing of economic recovery directly correlating to the magnitude and timing of inflation. Commodity prices are already increasing on the expectation of demand recovery.
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Steel Economics 2009
Over the next 20 years, global deman for steel will exceed supply because of the economic growth of the emerging markets.
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Steel Economics - The Second Perfect Storm?
U.S. economic growth will at some point start escalating again, either sooner due to Federal Reserve easing interest rates, or later as the Housing correction is completed.
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