China’s stainless list prices unlikely to change

Dec 18, 2006 | 04:42 PM | Lacey Lei Sun

Chinese stainless producers are likely to keep January domestic list prices unchanged due to sluggish demand, industry participants predict.

"The spot market has been quite weak recently. It is the off-season now, and many traders are under financial pressure for year-end loan repayments," said an executive at Taiyuan Iron & Steel (Group) Co. Ltd., Shanxi, China, the country's largest stainless producer. "It's better to keep prices unmoved to avoid more pressure for dealers and to support market sentiment."....





Latest Pricing Trends

Poll

Do you think steel mills will succeed in their efforts to stop selling at a discount to the CRU index?

Yes
No
It’s too early to tell


View previous results

AMM Events


Quote

This whole thing is becoming a game of smoke.

Midwest service center