November 6, 2024 Steel Market Summary – International Under-Performing Global Market Blames Cheap Chinese Exports It is commonplace to hold someone else responsible for a bad outcome in which you played a crucial role. Take the Chinese, for example. At present, they are being internationally condemned for “flooding the market” with cheap exports; for dumping […]
NZN Nov24
November 6, 2024 New Zealand News Predicted Steel Slowdown Hitting Hard The slowdown in steel market conditions in New Zealand has prompted Vulcan Steel to issue a bleak market update on trading conditions and the company’s performance for the September quarter of calendar 2024, which is the first quarter of the 2025 financial year (FY25). […]
SMS-Aust 6 Nov24
November 6, 2024 Steel Market Summary – Australia The Inflation That Stops The Nation The decision this week by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to keep interest rates on hold at 4.35% was predicated on inflation still being too high and thus stopping the economy from functioning properly. With GDP stuck at 0.2% over […]
SMS-Aust 18 Oct24
October 18, 2024 Steel Market Summary – Australia Squeeze Is On The Gupta World The global empire of British businessman, Sanjeev Gupta, which includes the Whyalla steelworks and InfraBuild, is being laid bare by standard legal and accounting procedures. And the further those processes advance, the greater is the speculation over which entities might fail […]
NZN Oct24
October 6, 2024 New Zealand News Steel Industry Challenged By Weakening Economy The New Zealand steel industry continues to experience pain at all points along its supply chain: from manufacturers to distributors and consumers. As such, when the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) meets on Wednesday to consider its Official Cash Rate (OCR), it […]
SMS-Int Oct24
October 6, 2024 Steel Market Summary – International Tariffs And Protectionism Rise As Industry Struggles “CBAM is a bad instrument. It is wrongly conceived, it is almost impossible to apply, it is limited to the first phase of the cycle (Scope 1) and it’s not going to work,” declared Antonio Marcegaglia, the CEO of Italian […]
SMS-Aust 6 Oct24
October 6, 2024 Steel Market Summary – Australia Future Of Whyalla Steelworks Again In Question The South Australian government is seeking advice after speaking with people in the Whyalla community who are concerned about events unfolding within GFG Alliance and at the Whyalla steelworks. In late September the Premier, Peter Malinauskas, told parliament: “The government […]
SMS-Aust 18 Sept24
September 18, 2024 Steel Market Summary – Australia The Dark Side Of Falling Steel Prices As consumers, we are hard-wired into thinking that lower prices must be a good thing. This is especially so when we buy a product regularly, then its price suddenly falls. However, a discounted selling price surely means the vendor´s profit […]
Sustainability SPF Sept24
Special Product Feature STEEL SUSTAINABILITY Market Commentary by: Steel Sustainability Australia (SSA)* In today´s world, ‘sustainability’ makes good business sense. It provides a framework for corporate accountability, enhances operational efficiency and enables companies to monitor, report and minimise their environmental impact. So, what is sustainability? For business, it refers to practices and strategies that aim […]
SMS-Int Sept24
September 8, 2024 Steel Market Summary – International Battle Lines Drawn As Self Interest Rules With regard to the health of the world economy, a popular saying over many decades has been: “When America sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold”. Nowadays, China´s influence over global steel is so enormous that any sign […]
