Steel Prices & Market Analyses

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