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Mysteel Daily Price Express 2026.3.16

Mysteel daily survey on China's ferrous market, covering major steel products prices and price indices of iron ore, coal and coke.   Mysteel major steel products prices     Mysteel iron ore price indices     Mysteel coal and coke price indices   Edited by Bruce Wei, weizhanyi@mysteel.com Disclaimer

DAILY: China's imported iron ore prices, sales mixed

China's imported iron ore prices for portside stocks retreated on March 16, while those for seaborne cargoes recovered slightly. Trading activities also showed opposite trends in the two markets.

WEEKLY: Tangshan billet prices gain further on week

Billet prices in Tangshan in North China's Hebei province posted further gains over March 9-15, with Mysteel assessing the price of Q235 150mm square billet in the city at Yuan 2,970/tonne ($431/t) EXW including the 13% VAT on March 15, up by Yuan 30/t on week.

NBS: China's Jan-Feb pig iron production drops 2.7% YoY

China's pig iron production in January-February totalled 137.7 million tonnes, lower by 2.7% compared with the same period in the previous year, according to the latest data released by the country's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday morning.

WEEKLY: China's SiMn prices rise further, output recovers

China's silicomanganese (SiMn) prices rose again during the week of March 9-13, supported by firm futures market prices and higher manganese ore costs. Production of the ferroalloy recovered last week as some smelters resumed operations, Mysteel Global learned.

WEEKLY: Firm costs see China stainless CRC prices stabilize

China's spot prices of stainless cold-rolled coil (CRC) held steady across all series over the past week, supported by firm production costs, according to Mysteel's latest assessment.

WEEKLY: Curbs clip China's HRC output further

Hot-rolled coil (HRC) production among the 37 Chinese steelmakers regularly surveyed by Mysteel dropped by 58,500 tonnes or 1.9% on week to around 2.95 million tonnes during March 5-11. This was mainly due to the halt in operations that some mills in North China were obliged to observe to ensure

India's JSW Steel to mine coking coal in Mozambique

JSW Steel Ltd., India's leading steelmaker and a subsidiary of the Mumbai-based JSW Group, is actioning a coking coal mining project in Mozambique, aiming to diversify its raw material supplies against fluctuations in the global coking coal market, according to a company announcement on March 13.

Survey: Nickel, Chrome and Stainless Steel Prices 2026.03.16

Mysteel daily survey on nickel, chrome and stainless steel prices.

Survey: China daily lithium carbonate price 2026.03.16

Mysteel daily survey of China's lithium carbonate market price. Unit: RMB yuan/t