Steel industry news

Iron ore traders appear to be of the view that bad news for the Chinese real estate market is actually good news, pushing up prices of the commodity.

Construction steel sales volume reached more than 958,500 tons in September, the first positive growth and reaching the highest level since the beginning of the year.

According to Macquarie, China's market-driven production cuts may start to materialize in the fourth quarter, otherwise mandatory production cuts are likely to be implemented.

Southeast Asian countries are stepping up efforts to increase crude steel output with the aim of becoming self-sufficient in steel, raising concerns about global oversupply.

Steel prices have reached their lowest point in the past 3 years. With the gloomy developments of the real estate market, it is expected that the steel industry will take a very long time to recover.

Iron ore prices are increasing rapidly despite weakening steel demand from China's real estate sector as the country's mills maintain output amid the government's failure to impose production limits and replenish raw materials. Reserves - are at a low level.

Iron ore futures rose more than 2% on Friday, supported by rising steel mill output in China, although concerns about the property sector and lingering steel demand continued to weigh on sentiment.

The low inventory adjustment since the end of last year has worked, helping coal and ore prices put into steel production closely reflect and take advantage of market declines, especially for coal prices, thanks to That lowers steel production costs significantly compared to previous periods.

Hoa Phat's profit continued to decline sharply compared to the same period last year, but still 3.78 times higher than in the first quarter of 2023 and significantly improved compared to the last two loss quarters of 2022.

Construction steel prices experienced 14 declines, even during the peak construction season.

There is an ongoing paradox when consumption and exports of domestic steel enterprises decrease, while the amount of steel imported into Vietnam is still high, enjoys 0% tax and is not subject to any defensive measures. any trade.