Platts editors analyse the top steel news and pricing stories. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/Metals/index/ en-us Copyright (c) 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. http://www.mcgraw-hill.com Steel News http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/LANDINGPAGESXML/HeaderImages/platts-logo.gif http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/Metals/index/ Platts webeditor@platts.com no Platts editors analyse the top steel news and pricing stories. Platts editors analyse the top steel news and pricing stories. Steel,rebar,prices,hot rolled coil,scrap,iron ore,plate,cold rolled coil,IODEX,ferrous scrap Platts jamie_mcduell@platts.com Hector Forster Hector Forster comments on what Vale CFO Tito Martins said regarding iron ore shipments and global demand outlook, its changing sales structure and view about new trading platforms. He also talks about the metallurgical coke market following attendance at the Eurocoke summit in Barcelona this week. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/Steel/2012/April/steel27 http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/steel/2012/April/steel27.mp3 27 Apr 2012 08:30:00 EST 6:49 Platts,steel,metals,iron ore,Vale,steelmaker,shipments,global demand,met coke,metallurgical Elzbieta Rabalska Julien Hall Elzbieta Rabalska, senior editor with the Platts Price Group, finds out from Julien Hall, Asian steel editor, about the latest developments in the coking coal market, especially in light of BHP Billiton's recent declaration of force majeure. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/Steel/2012/April/steel09 http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/steel/2012/April/steel09.mp3 10 Apr 2012 07:00:00 EST 4:48 Platts,steel,long products,iron ore,scrap,rebar,flat products,HRC,hot-rolled coil,coking coal,steel plate,contract pricing,prices,steel mills,steelmakers,steel producers,India,Global Steel Annalisa Jeffries Ciaran Roe Francis Browne, Director of metals prices, and Annalisa Jefferies, Platts senior managing editor for steel markets, discuss why both coking coal and iron prices have remained relatively constant so far this year, despite a rise in demand; the popularity of lower grade steel coming from Goa; and why many in the steel market expect there to be a reduction in iron ore exports from India this year. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/Metals/index http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Steel/2012/March/steel08.mp3 08 Mar 2012 11:30:00 EST 8:10 Platts,steel,long products,iron ore,scrap,rebar,flat products,HRC,hot-rolled coil,coking coal,steel plate,contract pricing,prices,steel mills,steelmakers,steel producers,India,Global Steel Annalisa Jeffries Ciaran Roe Annalisa Jeffries, Platts senior managing editor for steel markets, and Ciaran Roe steel editor EMEA, discuss the recent rise in scrap and iron ore spot prices as mills re-stock and tight supply of scrap pushes spot prices upwards. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/Metals/index http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Metals/Archive/2012/feb/steelmover022312.mp3 23 Feb 2012 11:30:00 EST 4:12 Platts,steel,long products,iron ore,scrap,rebar,flat products,HRC,hot-rolled coil,coking coal,steel plate,contract pricing,prices,steel mills,steelmakers,steel producers,India,Global Steel Annalisa Jeffries Francis Browne Annalisa Jeffries, Platts senior managing editor for steel markets, and Francis Browne, Director of metals prices, discuss the recent Global Steel 2012 in Delhi, the impact of the 30% iron ore export duty in India, and the recent falls in scrap and billet prices. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/Metals/Archive/index http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Metals/Archive/2012/jan/steelmover013012.mp3 01 Feb 2012 06:00:00 EST 6:52 Platts,steel,long products,iron ore,scrap,rebar,flat products,HRC,hot-rolled coil,coking coal,steel plate,contract pricing,prices,steel mills,steelmakers,steel producers,India,Global Steel Julien Hall Keith Tan Julien Hall, team leader, and Keith Tan, managing editor for steel raw materials in Asia, discuss the impact of recent increases in Indian export duties, as well as the rains in Brazil, and how they have impacted the spot iron ore market at the start of 2012. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/Metals/Archive/index http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Metals/Archive/2012/jan/steelmover011812.mp3 18 Jan 2012 11:00:00 EST 5:42 Platts,steel,long products,iron ore,scrap,rebar,flat products,HRC,hot-rolled coil,coking coal,steel plate,contract pricing,prices,steel mills,steelmakers,steel producers Hector Forster Ciaran Roe Hector Forster and Ciaran Roe, Platts steel market editors, discuss the upward price trends in the steel sector across Europe and North Africa. Forex, scrap price rises and buyer appetite to restock emerge as major factors driving regional sentiment, while Europe mill offer levels and Turkish deepsea scrap procurement and export product sales are also discussed. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/Metals/Archive/index http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Metals/Archive/2012/jan/steelmover011112.mp3 11 Jan 2012 11:00:00 EST 4:42 Platts,steel,long products,iron ore,scrap,rebar,flat products,HRC,hot-rolled coil,coking coal,steel plate,contract pricing,prices,steel mills,steelmakers,steel producers Annalisa Jeffries Hector Forster Annalisa Jeffries, Platts senior managing editor for steel markets, and Hector Forster, European steel editor, discuss recent unexpected volatility in the iron ore market, with some analysts cautious about the December/January period; and assess price weakness experienced in European and Black Sea hot-rolled coil (HRC). http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/Metals/Archive/index http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Metals/Archive/2011/dec/steelmover120111.mp3 05 Dec 2011 06:30:00 EST 5:40 Platts,steel,long products,iron ore,scrap,rebar,flat products,HRC,hot-rolled coil,coking coal,steel plate,contract pricing,prices,steel mills,steelmakers,steel producers Julien Hall Keith Tan Julien Hall and Keith Tan, Platts Asian steel market editors, discuss Canadian coal miner Teck agreeing to sell its 'Standard' premium hard coking coal brand to a European steelmaker at $230/mt FOB; assess recent events in the seaborne spot coking coal market; and examine how the Australian weather has yet to have an impact on spot premium coking coal. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/Metals/Archive/index/ http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Metals/Archive/2011/nov/steelmover111811.mp3 18 Nov 2011 10:45:00 EST 5:43 Platts,steel,iron ore,Teck,settlementsteelmakers,coking coal,Asia,spot market,iron ore exports,seaborne iron ore,steel mills,steel prices,steel production Julien Hall Keith Tan Julien Hall and Keith Tan, Platts Asian steel market editors, discuss Rio Tinto having settled iron ore lump premium negotiations for Q4 2011with some steelmakers in Northeast Asia; and assess comments made by Dai Zhihao, VP of China's Baosteel Group, who said that quarterly ore pricing based on retrospective prices gives rise to greater risk and potential non-performance of contracts. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/Metals/Archive/index/ http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Metals/Archive/2011/oct/steelmover100711.mp3 07 Oct 2011 08:00:00 EST 7:23 Platts,steel,iron ore,Rio Tinto,Baosteel,steelmakers,coking coal,Asia,spot market,iron ore exports,seaborne iron ore,steel mills,steel prices,steel production Ciaran Roe Hector Forster Ciaran Roe and Hector Forster, Platts European steel market editors, speak about the IREPAS steel exporters conference in St. Petersburg, where delegates expressed concerns about short-term rebar prices and demand while being more optimistic about the future outlook. Black Sea region billet price falls and sentiment for regional scrap import markets also features. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/Metals/Archive/index/ http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Metals/Archive/2011/sep/steelmover092811.mp3 29 Sep 2011 07:30:00 EST 6:28 Platts,steel,billet,scrap,IREPAS,rebar,Black Sea,CIS,Russia,Ukraine,imports Noel DeKing Matthew Lerner US steel editors Noel DeKing and Matthew Lerner discuss the current steel market in the US. Business confidence remains low but weekly steel production has been crawling back and mill utilization rates topped 76% last week. Meanwhile, flat steel prices for the auto industry and other manufacturing have bounced back from recent lows but long steel products in construction remain under pressure. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/Metals/Archive/index/ http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Metals/Archive/2011/sep/steelmover091511.mp3 15 Sep 2011 16:00:00 EST 3:29 Platts,steel,iron ore,Anglo American,benchmarks,steelmakers,coking coal,Asia,spot market,iron ore exports,seaborne iron ore,steel mills,steel prices,steel production Keith Tan Julien Hall Keith Tan and Julien Hall, Platts Asian iron ore and steel editors, discuss Anglo American having settled its October to December 2011 premium hard coking coal contract at $285/mt FOB Australia, which is expected to become an industry-wide benchmark in line with market expectations; and examine steelmakers in Asia and Europe cutting coking coal stocks and the mixed views on the emergence of financial derivatives in coking coal. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/Metals/Archive/index/ http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Metals/Archive/2011/sep/steelmover090511.mp3 05 Sep 2011 08:00:00 EST 5:18 Platts,steel,iron ore,Anglo American,benchmarks,steelmakers,coking coal,Asia,spot market,iron ore exports,seaborne iron ore,steel mills,steel prices,steel production Ciaran Roe Hector Forster Ciaran Roe and Hector Forster, Platts European steel market editors, discuss the coking coal price settlement for Q4 contracts; assess trade in the ferrous scrap and rebar markets in the Eastern Mediterranean region; and examine the outlook for flat and long steel prices. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/Metals/Archive/index/ http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Metals/Archive/2011/aug/steelmover082511.mp3 26 Aug 2011 05:00:00 EST 5:24 Platts,steel,Black Sea,Mediterranean,Turkey,ferrous scrap,trading,traders,long products,scrap,rebar,flat products,HRC,hot-rolled coil,steel plate,contract pricing,prices,steel mills,steelmakers,steel producers Ciaran Roe Hector Forster Ciaran Roe and Hector Forster, Platts European steel market editors, discuss ferrous scrap trade into Turkey and the country’s growing rebar demand. The latest movement in HRC offers into Europe and the continent’s over-capacity is also covered. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/Metals/Archive/index/ http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Metals/Archive/2011/aug/steelmover080411.mp3 04 Aug 2011 12:15:00 EST 6:40 Platts,steel,Black Sea,Turkey,ferrous scrap,trading,traders,long products,scrap,rebar,flat products,HRC,hot-rolled coil,steel plate,contract pricing,prices,steel mills,steelmakers,steel producers Julien Hall Keith Tan Julien Hall and Keith Tan, Platts Asian iron ore and steel editors, discuss seaborne iron ore prices having risen recently, boosted by strength in Chinese steel prices and domestic ore prices; and examine how stocks of Australian premium hard coking coals at Indian ports offered at $330/mt are limiting appetite from the country' coke and steelmakers for additional spot material, according to market sources. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/Metals/Archive/index/ http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Metals/Archive/2011/jul/steelmover072911.mp3 29 Jul 2011 06:45:00 EST 7:27 Platts,steel,iron ore,coking coal,Asia,India,China,spot market,iron ore exports,seaborne iron ore,steel mills,steel prices,steel production Noel DeKing Matthew Lerner Noel DeKing and Matthew Lerner, US market editors, discuss ferrous scrap supplies in the US, which are tight, and how prices appear firm heading into the July buying window even as finished steel prices continue to slide.   http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/Metals/Archive/index/ http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Metals/Archive/2011/jun/steelmover062811.mp3 28 Jun 2011 16:00:00 EST 5:44 Platts,steel,iron ore,coking coal,steel mills,steel prices,steel production,scrap Keith Tan Julien Hall Julien Hall and Keith Tan, Platts Asian iron ore and steel editors, discuss the low-vol PCI deal struck the week ended June 10 at $230/mt FOB between Anglo American and POSCO; BHP Billiton still negotiating with Chinese steelmakers on the lump premium for third quarter contracts; and provide an overview of the latest events impacting on the coking coal markets in the region. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/Metals/Archive/index/ http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Metals/Archive/2011/jun/steelmover061511.mp3 15 Jun 2011 12:00:00 EST 6:49 Platts,steel,iron ore,coking coal,Asia,Japan,China,steel mills,steel prices,steel production Ciaran Roe Annalisa Jeffries Annalisa Jeffries, Platts iron ore and steel editor, and Ciaran Roe, European steel editor, discuss recent upward movement in steel raw materials markets, with a focus towards iron ore trade from Australia, Brazil and Ukraine, and ferrous scrap movement from Europe to Turkey, while touching on finished products. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/Metals/Archive/index/ http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Metals/Archive/2011/jun/steelmover060911.mp3 09 Jun 2011 11:00:00 EST 4:23 Platts,steel,steelmakers,steel producers,steel raw materials,iron ore,Australia,Brazil,Ukraine,ferrous scrap,Europe,Turkey,steel products Noel DeKing Matthew Lerner Noel DeKing and Matthew Lerner, US market editors, discuss a steady run of transactions in the domestic and overseas ferrous scrap market that is supporting long steel product prices in the US, while weaker iron ore prices are denting prices of flat products.   http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/Metals/Archive/index/ http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Metals/Archive/2011/jun/steelmover060311.mp3 3 June 2011 13:00:00 EST 5:24 Platts,steel,long products,scrap,flat products,contract pricing,prices,steel mills,steelmakers,steel producers,rebar Keith Tan Julien Hall Keith Tan and Julien Hall, Asian editors for Platts steel team, discuss Brazil's Vale, the world's largest iron ore producer, looking set to enjoy record-high contract prices into Q3, owing to a term clause that keeps prices unchanged if they fluctuate less than 5% quarter on quarter; and assess seaborne iron ore prices, which have stayed largely stable, amid ongoing weak demand from most Chinese steelmakers. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/Metals/Archive/index/ http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Metals/Archive/2011/may/steelmover052711.mp3 27 May 2011 08:45:00 EST 6:06 Platts,steel,iron ore,coking coal,Asia,India,China,spot market,iron ore exports,seaborne iron ore,steel mills,steel prices,steel production Annalisa Jeffries Hector Forster Annalisa Jeffries, Platts iron ore and steel editor, and Hector Forster, European steel editor, discuss iron ore and flat steel prices and market dynamics in Asia, the Black Sea and Western Europe and what may be likely for third quarter iron ore contract prices based on prices to date. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/Metals/Archive/index/ http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Metals/Archive/2011/may/steelmover051711.mp3 17 May 2011 07:30:00 EST 5:28 Platts,steel,long products,iron ore,scrap,rebar,flat products,HRC,hot-rolled coil,coking coal,steel plate,contract pricing,prices,steel mills,steelmakers,steel producers Noel DeKing Matthew Lerner Noel DeKing and Matthew Lerner, US market editors, discuss how the US steel market is waiting for expected pricing information from leading rebar makers as May ferrous scrap prices slip but leave players split on June.  http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/Metals/Archive/index/ http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Metals/Archive/2011/may/steelmover051311.mp3 13 May 2011 16:00:00 EST 4:32 Platts,steel,long products,scrap,flat products,contract pricing,prices,steel mills,steelmakers,steel producers,rebar Hector Forster Ciaran Roe Hector Forster and Ciaran Roe, Platts European steel editors, discuss scrap trade into Turkey and the drivers of a recent lifting in prices and demand, while commenting on trends in the flat steel market in the Black Sea and Europe. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/Metals/Archive/index/ http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Metals/Archive/2011/may/steelmover050611.mp3 9 May 2011 06:45:00 EST 3:07 Platts,steel,Black Sea,Turkey,ferrous scrap,trading,traders,long products,scrap,rebar,flat products,HRC,hot-rolled coil,steel plate,contract pricing,prices,steel mills,steelmakers,steel producers