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Chinese steel demand in 2019 could weaken slightly from that forecast for this year, and the high profitability Chinese steel mills have enjoyed for much of this year seems unlikely to be sustained into next year, according to market pundits canvassed by Mysteel Thursday.
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China will continue efforts to promote infrastructure development and will maintain effective and steady investment in this area, according to an announcement published by China’s State Council on October 31.
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Changzhou city in East China’s Jiangsu province is among the latest to join Beijing’s drive to improve air quality, with the city explicitly instructing 48 local steel mills to continue to cut their daily steel output beginning July 25 and lasting possibly until year’s end, an official from Changzhou City Environmental Protection Bureau confirmed on July 30.
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China is committed to improving its investment environment to welcome all foreign investors including those from the US, China's Ministry of Commerce (MoC) said at a routine press conference in Beijing on July 12.
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The recent Chinese Yuan devaluation together with many other currencies against the US dollar is unlikely to spur China's steel exports this year, partly as China's export offering prices may still be way higher than the supplies from the other countries despite a possibility of price cut, Mysteel understands from the market.
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China's auto sales grew 5.7% on year over January-May and manufacturing up 3.8% on year, both being higher than the increases in January-April, according to the statistics from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).
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Production and sales of automobiles in China rose at a faster pace in April compared with the same period last year, climbing by 12.3% and 11.5% respectively, according to new statistics from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) published on May 11.
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China's excavator sales stayed robust in April, with the volume jumping by 85% on year to 26,561 units, according to the latest statistics released by the China Construction Machinery Association (CCMA) on May 7. CCAM's survey canvasses the performance of China's twenty-five leading excavator markers.
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Chinese steel prices will likely show strong continuous upticks this month as sentiment among market players has improved, thanks largely to tighter steel supply conditions triggered by ongoing output curbs among producers in Xuzhou city in East China's Jiangsu province. But market sources cautioned that potential risks remain, chief among these being the rapidly rising steel prices.
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China's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for the steel industry added 1.1 basis points on month to 51.7 in April, according to index compiler CFLP Steel Logistics Professional Committee (CSLPC) on April 30. The result underscored the expansion the country's steel sector witnessed last month, Mysteel notes.
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China's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for the domestic manufacturing industry registered 51.4 in April, just a slight drop from March's 51.5 and still over the 50 threshold connoting growth, according to National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) data posted on April 30.
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Chinese domestic prices of rebar should continue tracking upward over the short term as market players envisage the robust demand for the construction steel product continuing to linger, market sources shared on April 24. But they warned that prices were unlikely to refresh last December's 74-month high anytime soon.
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Crude steel production in Japan during the fiscal year 2017 ending March 31 slipped by 0.3% on year, or the first annual decline in two years, according to the data released by the Japan Iron & Steel Federation on April 20.
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China' s Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for the domestic manufacturing industry rose 1.2 basis points month on month to 51.5 in March, indicating that the country's manufacturing sector has been steadily improving, according to the latest release by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on March 31.
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Japan's crude steel output in February dipped by 8.1% on month to 8.3 million tonnes, according to the data released by Japan Iron & Steel Federation (JISF) on March 23.
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Prices of ferrous scrap in China's core steelmaking hub of Tangshan in North China's Hebei province continued their three-day decline Thursday, slipping by another Yuan 100-130/tonne ($15.8-20.6/t) to Yuan 1,880-2,325/t depending on grades and excluding the 17% VAT, Mysteel notes.
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China's steel prices stayed firm during the Chinese New Year break, with Mysteel's national average HRB400 20mm rebar benchmark price remaining at Yuan 4,134/tonne ($652/t) including 17% VAT as of February 21, and the average 4.75mm HRC price unchanged at Yuan 4,158/t including the 17% VAT.
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China's auto output and sales reverted down by 11.6% and 8.2% on month respectively in January, according to the latest statistics from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) posted on February 9.
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China's promise to continue with its opening-up policy and its efforts in upholding globalization in the years to come will be good news to China's steel industry that is striving to evolve while removing excess steel capacities, Mysteel understands from the market.
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Mysteel's national average HRB 400 20mm rebar price were still dropping but at a slower rate on January 24, down another Yuan 16/tonne ($2.5/t) on day to Yuan 4,118/t including 17% VAT as of January 24 amid the tepid demand and severe weather.
