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On the Steel Prices and Market Analyses pages, you may find steel product price reports and analyses based on data collected by SteelOrbis analysts from daily and real-time market transactions in local and global steel markets.


Scrap & Raw Materials
27 Mar Ex-Russia BPI surges amid general uptrend in Turkey, but freight rise limits FOB hike
13 Mar Ex-Russia BPI price slips amid active offering by sanctioned mills, rise in freight
06 Mar Ex-Russia BPI under more pressure due to increased supply, weak demand from Turkey
20 Feb Ex-Russia BPI prices indicate further slight rises despite unchanged scrap prices
13 Feb Ex-Russia BPI price increases further in latest deals, may be close to ceiling
06 Feb Emergence of new cheap ‘ex-Kazakhstan’ BPI offers raises concerns and suspicions
30 Jan Ex-Russia BPI sellers target higher prices but lack success
16 Jan Ex-Russia BPI prices rise in post-holiday sales to Turkey, overall demand still insufficient
26 Dec Ex-Russia BPI exporters target price increase, but market outlook rather pessimistic for January-February
12 Dec Ex-Russia BPI prices roll back with no support from major buyers, only low bids
Tube and Pipe
10 Jun Ukrainian producer’s seamless pipe export offers
03 Feb Seamless pipe export offers from Ukraine
25 Nov Poor sentiment among CIS seamless pipe exporters amid sluggish activity
13 Nov Domestic seamless pipe prices in Ukraine
13 Nov Czech seamless pipe offers to Poland
13 Nov Domestic welded pipe prices in Poland
29 Oct Ex-Ukraine seamless pipe offers to Italy
27 Oct Seamless pipe export offers from CIS decline further
21 Oct Domestic seamless pipe prices in Ukraine
07 Oct Ex-Ukraine seamless pipe offers to Poland
Flats and Slab
10 Mar Russia’s HRC prices up $5-10/mt for Turkey and MENA amid higher ex-Asia prices, long-route risks
09 Feb Russia attempts to hike local HRC prices, gap with export offers close to $200/mt
16 Jan Russia’s local HRC prices rise as new round of export sales begins
25 Dec Russian HRC mills continue targeting sales to MENA region while local trade remains subdued
12 Dec Russia starts February shipment HRC export offers, softens local flats prices
14 Nov Russia still faces slow local flats demand, prices remain under pressure
10 Oct Russia cuts local flat prices in gloomy market, starts export sales for Dec shipment
15 Aug Russia refreshes flats offers for new round of sales, export prices still far below local prices
03 Jul Slow local HR flats market keeps Russian mills exporting, though prices much lower
09 Apr Local Russian flats prices rise, exports remain challenging under current exchange rate
Longs and Billet
26 Mar Ex-Russia billet offers limited after previous deals, recent price rise in Turkey
14 Jan Ex-Russia billet sellers fail to raise prices in deals despite stronger scrap and China
16 Dec Russian billet exporters’ rebound hopes fade, extras only for prompt shipment
31 Oct Ex-Russia billet sellers inactive and hold prices after active sales in October
22 Oct Ex-Russia billet prices resume decline amid increasing supply, aggressive sales
15 Oct Russian billet exporters fully rely on sales to Turkey, stronger ruble squeezes profits
01 Oct Russian billet exporters hesitate to go any lower, seeing stronger scrap in Turkey
30 Sep Ex-Asia billet prices soften, but ex-Russia prices most competitive in Far East
25 Sep Ex-Russia billet sold at discounts in Far East amid lack of clarity in ex-Asia trend
23 Sep Ex-Russia billet prices drop in new sales to Turkey after Egypt announces safeguard duty