Further deals for steel billet booked by Chinese buyers earlier this week came to light on Thursday September 30, the day before the country began its National Holiday, sources told Fastmarkets.
Power shortage issues, together with concerns over the debts incurred by property giant Evergrande, reduced billet market sentiment in China at the beginning of this week, but some deals were booked to the country in recent days.A Far East Russian steelmaker sold 20,000-30,000 tonnes of December-shipment 150mm billet at $705 per tonne cfr China, while 40,000 tonnes of Ukraine-origin billet was...