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Gas price movements - Europe and the USA
Sun 4 Mar 2012 12:23pm
US natural gas prices have behaved very differently from European and other gas prices during 2011. US prices [Henry Hub spot prices, Louisiana, fell significantly over this period, ......
http://steelonthenet.blogspot.com/2012/03/gas-price-movements-europe-and-usa.html


Iron ore prices on the rise
Sun 15 Jan 2012 3:32pm
Iron ore prices have risen approx. 22.5% in the last seven weeks from $117 to $143.50 per ton, due to severe weather in the two countries responsible for 70% of ore production – that......
http://steelonthenet.blogspot.com/2012/01/iron ore-prices-on-rise.html


Stainless steel market on the rise in early 2012
Tue 29 Nov 2011 2:48pm
According to MEPS, all the leading stainless steel producers in the United States have announced increases to basis values - or reduced discounts - for flat products, effective for J......
http://steelonthenet.blogspot.com/2011/11/stainless-steel-market-on-rise-in-early.html


European flat product markets remain subdued
Tue 25 Oct 2011 10:57pm
MEPS just reported more gloomy news from the European flat rolled markets. According to a report published today:   -          buyers feel that prices still have some way to go do......
http://steelonthenet.blogspot.com/2011/10/european-flat-product-markets-remain.html


Stainless steel demand on the rise?
Tue 6 Sep 2011 2:05pm
According to a MEPS report stainless steel demand should be on the rise in the coming weeks. This is because of the expectation that stainless steel prices should fall, as nickel pri......
http://steelonthenet.blogspot.com/2011/09/stainless-steel-demand-on-rise.html


Steel company history
Thu 14 Jul 2011 2:32pm
We have posted some pages with company history for selected steelmakers in the Knowledge Base section of our website. These pages cover historic developments [including mergers, acqu......
http://steelonthenet.blogspot.com/2011/07/steel-company-history.html


European coke prices
Tue 5 Jul 2011 11:31am
We now show European blast furnace coke prices on our website. The data indicate recent and historic metallurgical coke prices [f.o.b. export prices] in Euro per metric tonne. Visito......
http://steelonthenet.blogspot.com/2011/07/european-coke-prices.html


Who's watching the nickel price?
Thu 16 Jun 2011 11:17pm
The current nickel price appears to be falling fast. From a recent high of $29,400 per tonne in February 2011, the LME nickel price has tumbled to just $21,650 / tonne today, with so......
http://steelonthenet.blogspot.com/2011/06/whos-watching-nickel-price.html


Production costs for seamless tube
Sun 12 Jun 2011 3:33pm
The Steelonthenet.com economics team has just published a new cost model. For per tonne conversion cost information from billet to seamless tube (‘green pipe’) for a ‘typical’ medium......
http://steelonthenet.blogspot.com/2011/06/production-costs-for-seamless-tube.html


Metals and mining industry developments in China
Sat 28 May 2011 12:05pm
In a remarkable series of reports in recent weeks, it is emerging that top Chinese iron and steelmakers (e.g. WISCO or Wuhan Iron and Steel Company) are starting to diversify away fr......
http://steelonthenet.blogspot.com/2011/05/metals-and-mining-industry-developments.html


World steel modernisation and investment in 2011
Thu 28 Apr 2011 5:07pm
  We have just published a page listing many [perhaps most] major steel industry capital investments around the world in 2011. Please visit http://www.steelonthenet.com/industry_inv......
http://steelonthenet.blogspot.com/2011/04/world-steel-modernisation-and.html


Stainless steel industry news
Sat 12 Mar 2011 1:14pm
We have just launched a new stainless steel industry newsfeed. Visit stainless steel news or for a listing of all our steel industry feeds, please visit http://www.steelonthenet.com/......
http://steelonthenet.blogspot.com/2011/03/stainless-steel-industry-news.html


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