Last month, no
plate offers were heard from Ukrainian producers to the Turkish market, since Ukrainian steel producer Donetsk Metallurgical Plant (DMZ) was conducting maintenance works and other Ukrainian steelmakers Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works and
Ilyich Iron and Steel Works of Mariupol (
Ilyich) had already filled their export allocations. In April, Ukrainian producers have not given any
plate offers to
Turkey so far, though
Ilyich production steel plates are being sold to the Turkish market via traders at $680/mt CFR, for May shipments.
Steel
plate offers from Bulgarian steel producer Stomana to
Turkey have decreased by about €10/mt ($13/mt) as compared to last month to €550/mt ($726/mt) CFR, while Macedonian producer Makstil has pushed up its steel
plate offers to
Turkey to $840/mt CFR, from last month's $820-825/mt CFR.
While the steel
plate market follow a stable trend both in terms of demand and producers' price offers, no significant change is expected in the market prices.