semis prices

19 April 2025

Middle East billet producers suffer losses due to falling demand

Plants refrain from shutting down completely, hoping for an improvement in the situation

08 April 2025

European slab prices declined in early April

Producers seek to increase the attractiveness of supply amid sluggish demand

27 March 2025

Middle East billet prices show weak growth in late March

Elsewhere in the world, producer bids remain unchanged

18 March 2025

Global slab prices rose in the first half of March

Producers took advantage of the tightening of tariff protection in the European steel market

05 March 2025

Asian billet prices continue to decline

Buyers take a wait-and-see attitude in hope for further price cuts despite announced production cuts in China and declining inventories

03 September 2024

Decline in global iron and steel prices: how Ukrainian exporters are affected

Exports of steel products may decrease by 300 thousand tons in annual terms

25 September 2023

Steel billets prices rose amid restrictions on Russian exports

Billet prices rose by $5/t compared to the previous week in the ports of the Black Sea for September 15-22

29 June 2023

Global billet prices are falling amid economic uncertainty

Square billet in Black Sea ports for the week of June 16-23 lost $5/t in price, and in Turkiye – $20/t

22 May 2023

Russian billet is losing demand on export markets

As of May 19, 2023, billet quotations in Black Sea ports were $520-530/t FOB