CIS STEEL BILLET: Sellers remain bullish despite limited trading

April 02, 2021 / www.metalbulletin.com / Article Link

Exporters of billet from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region remained bullish despite the lack of trading activity in the Black Sea basin this week, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday April 1.

The producers remained positive amid expectations of price rises in China due to the possible removal or reduction in its export tax rebate, along with the recovery in finished long steel prices in Turkey amid improved demand and higher scrap costs.
"Every [CIS] mill now wants a minimum of $580 per tonne fob," a European trader told Fastmarkets.

Meanwhile, trading activity...

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