Monthly Archive January, 2010 News - General Back January, 2010 News Title Publish Date Chinese sellers start making aggressive offers of HRC for India – 31 Jan 10 Jan 31, 2010 Chinese domestic price slide led by HR and rebars – 31 Jan 10 Jan 31, 2010 China''s Dependence on Imported Iron Ore Rose to 69% – 31 Jan 10 Jan 31, 2010 Afghanistan extends deadline for Hajigak iron ore deposit bids – 31 Jan 10 Jan 31, 2010 The Stop on the Way - 31 Jan 10 Jan 31, 2010 Spot iron ore imports CIF price dips below USD 130 per tonne - 31 Jan 10 Jan 31, 2010 New Australia mining tax may hurt miners profits- 31 Jan 10 Jan 31, 2010 Rebar market remains depressed in UAE- 31 Jan 10 Jan 31, 2010 Chinese steel price may recover after spring festival - 30 Jan 10 Jan 30, 2010 US steel producers will find it hard to raise prices - 30 Jan 10 Jan 30, 2010 Japanese steelmakers oppose quarterly coking coal contracts- 30 Jan 10 Jan 30, 2010 Northeast China: Scrap Market Prices to Keep Steady- 30 Jan 10 Jan 30, 2010 Chinese HR and CR prices to correct more before spring festival- 28 Jan 10 Jan 28, 2010 Saudi Arabia considering giant aluminum plant – 28 Jan 10 Jan 28, 2010 Vietnam may face steel oversupply this year – 28 Jan 10 Jan 28, 2010 Bits & Pieces – Comments from Last Week’s Market Survey – 28 Jan 10 Jan 28, 2010 Domestic demand helping Chinese steel industry to overcome trade friction– 28 Jan 10 Jan 28, 2010 Strong Asian demand may drive up coal prices – 27 Jan 10 Jan 27, 2010 China Steel Prices Drop Most in Four Months on Stocks (Update1) – 27 Jan 10 Jan 27, 2010 Hyundai Steel to raise steel prices by more than 7pct from Feb – 27 Jan 10 Jan 27, 2010 Chinese rebar prices may continue falling before spring festival – 27 Jan 10 Jan 27, 2010 Monday Market Monitor - CIS (WEEK 03) - Winter woes add to input pressures – 26 Jan 10 Jan 26, 2010 Monday Market Monitor - Iron Ore (WEEK 03) - Party is over for time being – 26 Jan 10 Jan 26, 2010 Monday Market Monitor - Scrap (WEEK 03) - Closing to 400 mark – 26 Jan 10 Jan 26, 2010 Flat product market in South India may improve in early February – 25 Jan 10 Jan 25, 2010 Iron ore price negotiations - BHPB threatens to quit – Report – 25 Jan 10 Jan 25, 2010 Tokyo Steel warns of surprise loss on scrap prices – 25 Jan 10 Jan 25, 2010 China to speed up elimination of outdated production capacity – 25 Jan 10 Jan 25, 2010 Fitch sees Indian steel outlook for 2010 stable but cautious – 24 Jan 10 Jan 24, 2010 Asia Steel-China steel prices drop on policy,oversupply woes – 24 Jan 10 Jan 24, 2010 Raw material costs to push up China steel prices in 2010-CISA – 24 Jan 10 Jan 24, 2010 Some investment companies raise iron ore price forecasts – 23 Jan 10 Jan 23, 2010 Chinese coal supply gap is huge despite the high production – 23 Jan 10 Jan 23, 2010 Demand for steel to surge after Chinese New Year – 23 Jan 10 Jan 23, 2010 Iron ore price negotiations - China adding to last year mistakes – 23 Jan 10 Jan 23, 2010 Goldman predicts higher oil prices over crude shortage in 2010 – 23 Jan 10 Jan 23, 2010 Flat product prices see major gains in Europe – 23 Jan 10 Jan 23, 2010 Iron ore price negotiations - Vale keeping cards close to chest – 21 Jan 10 Jan 21, 2010 Egypt mulls anti dumping action against Turkish steel – 21 Jan 10 Jan 21, 2010 Steel service center inventories in US and Canada rising – 21 Jan 10 Jan 21, 2010 Ukrainian rolled steel consumption declines by 32.5 percent in 2009 – 21 Jan 10 Jan 21, 2010 Latest Chinese Steel Pricing – 21 Jan 10 Jan 21, 2010 China uncovers iron ore reserves of 5 billion tons – 20 Jan 10 Jan 20, 2010 China Liquidity Curbs May Slow Steel Demand, UBS Says (Update1) – 20 Jan 10 Jan 20, 2010 Iron ore exports on the way up – 20 Jan 10 Jan 20, 2010 China steel prices down 0.3 pct last week –Mysteel – 20 Jan 10 Jan 20, 2010 China urges bank caution on steel mill loans –report – 20 Jan 10 Jan 20, 2010 China keen to finance steel projects in Iran – IMIDRO – 20 Jan 10 Jan 20, 2010 Tokyo Steel hikes prices to offset materials costs – 20 Jan 10 Jan 20, 2010 Japanese H2 scrap average price up – 20 Jan 10 Jan 20, 2010 Opposition growing to iron ore JVs in Australia – 19 Jan 10 Jan 19, 2010 Monday Market Monitor - Iron Ore (WEEK 02) - Hazy signals– 19 Jan 10 Jan 19, 2010 Iron ore price negotiations -Deutsche Bank hikes forecast to 35 pct – 19 Jan 10 Jan 19, 2010 Is the Steel Industry Doomed to Repeat 2008? – 19 Jan 10 Jan 19, 2010 Monday Market Monitor - CIS (WEEK 02) - Billet and HR surge – 19 Jan 10 Jan 19, 2010 LME confirms merger of billet futures contracts by May 2010 – 18 Jan 10 Jan 18, 2010 Mills in Japan, S. Korea mills say no start yet for iron ore talks – 18 Jan 10 Jan 18, 2010 Vietnamese steel pipe makers hope to increase export to US – 18 Jan 10 Jan 18, 2010 5 billion tonne iron deposits discovered in China in 2009 – 18 Jan 10 Jan 18, 2010 Japanese CR exports seen at USD 700 FOB level in Asian deals – 18 Jan 10 Jan 18, 2010 Baosteel delays price rise for national interest – Report – 18 Jan 10 Jan 18, 2010 Baosteel Appoints Iron Ore Negotiator as Prices Surge (Update2)- 17 Jan 10 Jan 17, 2010 Russian Railways increase freight rates to account for inflation- 17 Jan 10 Jan 17, 2010 Turkish merchant bar exporters get higher prices on N Africa-bound cargoes - 17 Jan 10 Jan 17, 2010 From Scrap to Rebar… – 17 Jan 10 Jan 17, 2010 Inflation of Demand, Inflation of Costs – 17 Jan 10 Jan 17, 2010 Rio Tinto says Q4 iron ore output fell 2% – 17 Jan 10 Jan 17, 2010 Posco lifts CRC export offers by $70-80 – 17 Jan 10 Jan 17, 2010 CIS suppliers increase offers for billet cfr Iran – 17 Jan 10 Jan 17, 2010 Chinese lending curbs could retract iron ore prices – 16 Jan 10 Jan 16, 2010 Chinese power plants may be shut down on snow led coal shortage – 16 Jan 10 Jan 16, 2010 Chinese steel traders considering regrouping – Report – 16 Jan 10 Jan 16, 2010 ME buyers reject higher Black Sea billet offers- 14 Jan 10 Jan 14, 2010 Iran’s Chaharmahal Bakhtiari Auto Sheet to start commercial production in March – 14 Jan 10 Jan 14, 2010 Global steel demand to rise 10% in 2010 – POSCO – 14 Jan 10 Jan 14, 2010 Egypt Government Decided to Introduce Protective Duties for Turkish Rebar Import – 14 Jan 10 Jan 14, 2010 Eurofer warns about pricing power of BHPB-Rio JV – 13 jan 10 Jan 13, 2010 China Boosts 2009 Iron Ore Imports 42% to Record (Update1) – 13 jan 10 Jan 13, 2010 Iron ore price negotiations - We may not see benchmark this year – 12 Jan 10 Jan 12, 2010 Recession reports - WTO has doubts about recovery in 2010 – 12 Jan 10 Jan 12, 2010 Japanese CR sheet export price to Asia to rise – 12 Jan 10 Jan 12, 2010 Steel prices rise; rebound expected to continue – 11 Jan 10 Jan 11, 2010 Steel billet prices to strengthen next week at Black Sea – 11 Jan 10 Jan 11, 2010 PSM facing sever iron ore shortage - Report – 11 Jan 10 Jan 11, 2010 Japan ferrous scrap price turns strong – 11 Jan 10 Jan 11, 2010 ArcelorMittal and ThyssenKrupp to raise heavy plate prices – 11 Jan 10 Jan 11, 2010 Salzgitter sees slight rise in plate prices – 11 Jan 10 Jan 11, 2010 HRC prices likely to see major gains on Monday opening – 11 Jan 10 Jan 11, 2010 Turkish rebar exporters protest against possible Egyptian protective measures – 10 Jan 10 Jan 10, 2010 Iron Ore Reaches High as Goldman Sees ‘Panic Buying’ (Update2) – 10 Jan 10 Jan 10, 2010 Mobarakeh to export over 700000 tonnes of flat steel – 09 Jan 10 Jan 9, 2010 South Korean CR producers to hike export offer – 09 Jan 10 Jan 9, 2010 A Brief Analysis of 2010 Iron Ore Negotiation Outlook Jan 7, 2010 Saudi Arabia re imposes customs duty on steel imports – 07 Jan 10 Jan 7, 2010 Chinese steel output in 2010 expected to go by almost 9pct – 07 Jan 10 Jan 7, 2010 Indian iron ore miners on cloud 9 – 06 Jan 10 Jan 6, 2010 20 major mining projects to come on stream in Iran soon – 06 Jan 10 Jan 6, 2010 Egyptian industry calls for measures against Turkish steel imports – 05 jan 10 Jan 5, 2010 Monday Market Monitor - Iron Ore (WEEK 53) - Frenzied buying – 05 Jan 10 Jan 5, 2010 Turkish export target for 2010 is USD 111 billion – 05 Jan 10 Jan 5, 2010 GCC eyes USD 109 billion rail investments in next 10 years – 05 Jan 10 Jan 5, 2010 Saudi Arabia to build 8143 new housing units – 05 Jan 10 Jan 5, 2010 Steel may iron out problems in 2010 - 04 Jan 10 Jan 4, 2010 China’s shipbuilding steel demand to rise more than 20 percent by 2011 - 04 Jan 10 Jan 4, 2010 Global slab export talks quiet on Q1 2010 shipments - 04 Jan 10 Jan 4, 2010 Indian steel majors hike domestic steel prices - 04 Jan 10 Jan 4, 2010 Iron ore price negotiations - China on the front foot – 04 Jan 10 Jan 4, 2010 Iron ore price negotiations - Indian iron ore tax hike favors miners – 04 Jan 10 Jan 4, 2010 Chinese coking coal demand may rise moderately in 2010 – 03 Jan 10 Jan 3, 2010 Tough year for steel sector in Middle East – 03 Jan 10 Jan 3, 2010 Changing complexion of Chinese steel market– 03 Jan 10 Jan 3, 2010 China vows stricter lending control in 2010 – 03 Jan 10 Jan 3, 2010 Iron ore price negotiations -20 to 30 pct ore hike likely – 03 Jan 10 Jan 3, 2010 Middle East steel prices loose 16pct in 2009 – 03 Jan 10 Jan 3, 2010 Liberia set to restart iron ore production in 2011 – 02 Jan 10 Jan 2, 2010 Iran to add 6.4 million tonne steel capacity by 2011 – 02 Jan 10 Jan 2, 2010 1000 units of Chinese small coal mines are expected to close – 02 Jan 10 Jan 2, 2010 Rio Tinto to raise iron ore mine output – 02 Jan 10 Jan 2, 2010