Well, after all the progress made in the last decade (or two) with restructuring, modernisation and privatisation of the steel sector in Russia, it seems that the regulators have been taking several steps backwards in recent months.

Are you interested in an independent view of what ArcelorMittal might be doing in the next 5 years? Or in the probable future evolution path for Nippon Steel in Japan? Or in possible medium-term steel sector disposals by BlueScope Steel? Steel experts...

Steel industry consultants MCI have just published a review of the steel sector in Poland. In an October 2009 report of ~45 pages, the authors discuss the supply of demand for steel, including recent history and current industry structure and...

Zinc seems to be hovering at a twelve month high. Prices in recent days have hit $1900 to $2000 per tonne for LME high grade ingot of 99.995% purity. This must feed into hot dip galvanised / electro galvanised coil and sheet prices some time...

Is anyone watching the price of steel scrap? The Rotterdam f.o.b. export price of HMS1 heavy steel scrap was under US $200 / metric tonne in March 2009. Today, barely six months later, the price is around US $325 per tonne. You can track the latest...