Latest news on China Structural Steel markets

Nippon Steel raises structural steel price by $136/t

Nippon Steel, Japan’s largest integrated steel producer, has started notifying its domestic consumers including general contractors, distributors and construction steel leasing companies of the probability that it will lift its list price for structural carbon steel used in civil engineering by Yen

Japan’s Daido up Jan special steel list prices by $97/t

Japan’s Daido Steel, a special steel producer under Nippon Steel, has decided to add Yen 10,000/tonne ($97/t) to its special steel products including structure steel, spring steel, bearing steel and tool steel for January sales or February shipments to pass on part of the higher input costs and to m

Kobe Steel hikes wire rod and bar Oct prices by $95/t

Kobe Steel, Japan’s third largest integrated steelmaker, has decided to lift its wire rod and bar prices for the first time since June 2019, raising both the prices by Yen 10,000/tonne ($95/t) for October deliveries to both its domestic and overseas customers, as input costs have been rising, a comp

China's COFCO to reidentify Zhongyuan as financial arm

Beijing-headquartered China Oil & Foodstuffs Corporation (COFCO), China's top importer of agricultural products but also in steel and metallurgical products trading, will turn its recently-acquired Zhongyuan Special Steel into an investment and fund management arm via asset swaps, according to a Zho

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China Key Special Steel Enterprises' crude steel output (Jan-Feb)

Total 21,424.85 19,815.88 1,608.96 8.12% 8,134.55 7,966.96 167.59 2.10% 1.1 ordinary non-alloy steel 2,232.09 2,192.76 39.34 1.79% 1.2 high-quality non-alloy steel 4,561.98 4,528.44 33.54 0.74% 1.3 special-quality non-alloy steel 1,340.48 1,245.77 94.72 7.60% 1.3.1 special carbon structure stee

China Key Special Steel Enterprises' steel output (Jan-Feb)

Total 19,410.41 18,256.58 1,153.83 6.32% 7,163.37 7,174.48 -11.10 -0.15% 1.1 ordinary non-alloy steel 1,889.40 1,814.29 75.11 4.14% 1.2 high-quality non-alloy steel 3,996.31 4,216.49 -220.17 -5.22% 1.3 special-quality non-alloy steel 1,277.67 1,143.70 133.97 11.71% 1.3.1 special carbon structur