christo1 schreef op 1 juli 2021 19:24:
Staalprijzen blijven hoog in de belangrijkste markten voor ArcelorMittal, Q4 2021 ziet er dan ook veelbelovend uit.
Nota bene : GM heeft gezegd dat zijn vraag naar auto's tot eind 2022 hoog zal blijven, dus andere fabrikanten zullen wel hetzelfde ervaren, dus veel staal nodig + de infrastructuurwerken die eraan komen.
EUROPE HRC: Market quiet as buyers hold back from trading
Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil across Europe were largely stable on Thursday July 1 while trading in the spot market remained limited, sources told Fastmarkets.
Long lead times, exhausted credit lines among customers and the approaching vacation season contributed to a softening of buying interest, sources said. Most European buyers were doing hand-to-mouth purchases for limited tonnages this week.
Despite this, European mills had good order books and were offering HRC from fourth-quarter rolling and therefore had no intention of cutting their prices, sources told Fastmarkets.
Fastmarkets calculated its daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe at €1,158.39 ($1,375.92) per tonne on Thursday, down by just €3.82 per tonne from €1,162.21 per tonne on...