Import prices of flat-rolled steel in South America made no clear trend for the week while negotiations between sellers and buyers for March shipments intensified and put some markets under pressure ahead of the Chinese New Year break (January 24-30).
Fastmarkets assessed the price for steel hot-rolled coil import, cfr main ports South America at $530-555 per tonne on Friday January 17, up from $525-550 per tonne a week before.Deals for China-origin HRC were heard to countries on the Pacific coast of the region near the bottom end of the price range. Concurrently, Japan-origin material was on offer to the same countries at $565-570 per tonne with...