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Mainland China Market
USD/LB 01 Nov 05
SteelBenchmarker™
Hot-Rolled Band	.136
Cold-Rolled Band	.236
Rebar	.164
Standard Plate	.192

Mainland China Market
USD/KG 01 Nov 05
SteelBenchmarker™
Hot-Rolled Band	.300
Cold-Rolled Band	.520
Rebar	.361
Standard Plate	.424

Mainland China Market
USD/MT 01 Nov 05
SteelBenchmarker™
Hot-Rolled Band	300
Cold-Rolled Band	520
Rebar	361
Standard Plate	424

Mainland China Market
USD/GT 01 Nov 05
SteelBenchmarker™
Hot-Rolled Band	304.814
Cold-Rolled Band	528.345
Rebar	366.793
Standard Plate	430.804

Mainland China Market
USD/NT 01 Nov 05
SteelBenchmarker™
Hot-Rolled Band	272.156
Cold-Rolled Band	471.737
Rebar	327.494
Standard Plate	384.647

USA Market
USD/LB 01 Oct 05
SteelBenchmarker™
Hot-Rolled Band	.274
Cold-Rolled Band	.327
Rebar	.247
Standard Plate	.370

USA Market
USD/KG 01 Oct 05
SteelBenchmarker™
Hot-Rolled Band	.605
Cold-Rolled Band	.720
Rebar	.545
Standard Plate	.815

USA Market
USD/MT 01 Oct 05
SteelBenchmarker™
Hot-Rolled Band	605
Cold-Rolled Band	720
Rebar	545
Standard Plate	815

USA Market
USD/GT 01 Oct 05
SteelBenchmarker™
Hot-Rolled Band	614.709
Cold-Rolled Band	731.555
Rebar	553.746
Standard Plate	828.079

USA Market
USD/NT 01 Oct 05
SteelBenchmarker™
Hot-Rolled Band	548.847
Cold-Rolled Band	653.174
Rebar	494.416
Standard Plate	739.356

SteelBenchmarker™ Prices
Eastern USA	Mainland China	Western Europe
World Export

Steel News & Reports (GMT)

03 Feb14:31UPDATE: Eurofer Sees 2012 EU Steel Demand Slightly Down; 2013 Up Again (Dow Jones)

03 Feb13:22INTL FC Stone Daily Report - Feb 3 (MetalPrices.com)

03 Feb11:22Newedge Daily Metals Market Report - Feb 3 (MetalPrices.com)

02 Feb17:56WSJ BLOG/MarketBeat: Baltic Dry's Tumble Dims Copper's Outlook (Dow Jones)

02 Feb14:49MINING - NEWS ANALYSIS - Glencore and Xstrata would be 'unique' model (Financial Times)

02 Feb14:27Metals Firms Eye More M&A To Source Raw Materials -KPMG (Dow Jones)

02 Feb13:33INTL FC Stone Daily Report - Feb 2 (MetalPrices.com)

02 Feb12:17China limits ship ban to Vale's mega vessels (Reuters)

02 Feb11:46Newedge Daily Metals Market Report - Feb 2 (MetalPrices.com)

02 Feb07:34Iron Ore-Steady after hitting 2-month high, buyers cautious (Reuters)

02 Feb02:58Global Stainless Steel Output May Hit 36.6 Mln Tons On Unreported China Data -MEPS (Dow Jones)

01 Feb22:30BHP to spend $779 mln expanding W.Austalia iron ore port (Reuters)

01 Feb22:24Gerdau plans sale of 40 pct of mining unit -report (Reuters)

01 Feb21:52COMMODITIES-CRB dips as grains surge, US oil weak (Reuters)

01 Feb21:45Vale Says Ore Ships Will Dock Lawfully At Chinese Ports (Dow Jones)

01 Feb21:09No change to shipbuilding plan since China ban-Vale (Reuters)

01 Feb19:27BASE METALS: Stronger US Data Lift Comex Copper (Dow Jones)

01 Feb19:23WSJ: Global Shipping Prices Face More Choppy Waters (Dow Jones)

01 Feb19:08NEWS ANALYSIS - Copper bulls look to $10,000 level on China demand (Financial Times)

01 Feb19:08Manufacturing strength sparks optimism over global recovery (Financial Times)

01 Feb18:58Brazil trade hit by global slowdown, tough 2012 eyed (Reuters)

01 Feb17:52U.S. scrap prices will drop in February, dealers say (MetalPrices.com)

01 Feb16:28Steelmakers feel bear-hug on earnings, growth chill (Reuters)

01 Feb11:31China mega ships ban aimed at helping own shippers (Reuters)

01 Feb10:54Outokumpu loss highlights urge to merge (Reuters)

01 Feb08:44Iron Ore-Spot prices respond to China demand signals (Reuters)

01 Feb06:43Outokumpu reports bigger-than-expected Q4 loss (Reuters)

31 Jan19:01Stainless Scrap � Market Review for January (MetalPrices.com)

31 Jan15:21Non Ferrous Metals � Copper and Aluminum Market Review (MetalPrices.com)

30 Jan23:49US fines Japan car parts makers $548m (Financial Times)

30 Jan23:49How Europe's debt crisis could feed the commodity bulls (Financial Times)

30 Jan23:48German move to secure raw materials (Financial Times)

30 Jan11:45Aurubis dismisses head copper trader Sven Mueller-Thurau (Fast Markets LTD)

29 Jan23:56GENERAL INDUSTRIALS - Construction products are among the worst hit (Financial Times)

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Public Steel News (GMT)

PublicSteel News

03 Feb09:41Posco Profit Declines as Slowdown Cuts Steel Demand (Business Week)

03 Feb09:16Copper May Decline as Shanghai Inventories Expand: LME Preview (Business Week)

02 Feb21:00BIR World Mirror on Ferrous February 2012 (Recycling International)

02 Feb18:27Glencore, Xstrata in $82 Billion Merger Talks to Rival BHP (Business Week)

02 Feb03:00China stainless steel output up 11.1% in 2011 - but could be 20% higher (MineWeb)

02 Feb02:11China ready to defend its rare earth polices at WTO (China Daily)

01 Feb17:52U.S. scrap prices will drop in February, dealers say (MetalPrices.com)

01 Feb06:41Ship Rates Have Worst Start to Year Since 1985 (Business Week)

01 Feb00:30Iron Ore Set for Worst Month Since October on Slowdown Concerns (Business Week)

31 Jan21:07A Rare Ruling on China Might Lead to Minerals Less Rare (Economic Populist)

31 Jan19:00New Home Sales Fall 2.2 Percent in December (Building Online)

31 Jan12:59China to develop overseas nonferrous metal bases (China Daily)

More Public Steel News

Steel Tables

Steel Benchmarkers

SteelBenchmarker™ - USA Market - East of the Mississippi
Spot Market New Booking Prices - FOB Mill USD/MT

Date
Nov 01 05
Oct 01 05
Sep 01 05
Aug 01 05
Jul 01 05
Jun 01 05
May 01 05
Apr 01 05

Hot-Rolled Band	Change
605	+5
600	0
600	+70
530	+90
440	-60
500	-60
560	-50
610	-14

Cold-Rolled Coil	Change
720	+20
700	+40
660	+20
640	+120
520	-97
617	-44
661	-44
705	-44

Rebar	Change
545	+5
540	0
540	+72
468	-6
474	-33
507	0
507	-27
534	-6

Standard Plate	Change
815	0
815	+22
793	-22
815	-28
843	-6
849	-11
860	-22
882	+22

SteelBenchmarker prices for near-term delivery for commodity-grade product to mid-sized buyers.
Hot Rolled Band 0.200" thick X 48" to 60" wide
Cold Rolled Band 0.030" thick X 48" to 60" wide
Rebar #5, 5/8" diameter
Standard Plate 1.0" thick X 96" wide X 240" long

SteelBenchmarker™ - Mainland China Market
Spot Market New Booking Prices - Ex-Works USD/MT

Date
Nov 01 05
Oct 01 05
Sep 01 05
Aug 01 05
Jul 01 05
Jun 01 05
May 01 05
Apr 01 05

Hot-Rolled Band	Change
300	-70
370	-5
375	0
375	-2
377	-30
407	-83
490	-41
531	-25

Cold-Rolled Coil	Change
520	-84
604	-63
667	-41
708	+26
682	-32
714	-111
825	-37
862	-38

Rebar	Change
361	+1
360	-26
386	-14
400	+15
385	+11
374	-22
396	-18
414	-33

Standard Plate	Change
424	+9
415	-58
473	-55
528	-32
560	-49
609	-28
637	-10
647	+4

SteelBenchmarker prices for near-term delivery for commodity-grade product to mid-sized buyers.
Hot Rolled Band 5mm thick X 1200mm to 1500mm wide
Cold Rolled Band 0.7mm thick X 1200mm to 1500mm wide
Rebar #5, 16mm diameter
Standard Plate 24mm thick X 2400mm wide X 6000mm long.

SteelBenchmarker™ - Western Europe Market - Germany/France
Spot Market New Booking Prices - Ex-Works USD/MT

Date
Nov 01 05
Oct 01 05
Sep 01 05
Aug 01 05
Jul 01 05
Jun 01 05
May 01 05
Apr 01 05

Hot-Rolled Band	Change
470	-12
482	-198
680	+166
514	-44
558	-33
591	-11
602	-11
613	-28

Cold-Rolled Coil	Change
625	-7
632	-10
642	-30
672	0
672	-66
738	0
738	0
738	0

Standard Plate	Change
670	-24
694	-11
705	-11
716	-33
749	-22
771	-11
782	-11
793	+22

SteelBenchmarker prices for near-term delivery for commodity-grade product to mid-sized buyers.
Hot Rolled Band 5mm thick X 1200mm to 1500mm wide
Cold Rolled Band 0.7mm thick X 1200mm to 1500mm wide
Standard Plate 24mm thick X 2400mm wide X 6000mm long.

SteelBenchmarker™ - World Export Market - Atlantic and Pacific Basin
Spot Market New Booking Prices - FOB Port of Export USD/MT

Date
Nov 01 05
Oct 01 05
Sep 01 05
Aug 01 05
Jul 01 05
Jun 01 05
May 01 05
Apr 01 05

Hot-Rolled Band	Change
424	-50
474	0
474	+25
449	+60
389	-10
399	-80
479	-60
539	-35

Cold-Rolled Coil	Change
540	-50
590	+10
580	+15
565	+60
505	-118
623	-27
650	-22
672	-22

Standard Plate	Change
573	-44
617	-22
639	-22
661	-22
683	-105
788	-5
793	+22
771	+22

SteelBenchmarker prices for near-term delivery for commodity-grade product to mid-sized buyers.
Hot Rolled Band 5mm thick X 1200mm to 1500mm wide
Cold Rolled Band 0.7mm thick X 1200mm to 1500mm wide
Standard Plate 24mm thick X 2400mm wide X 6000mm long.

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Current Market

LME Alum	3 Mo	+ 2.76%
LME Copper	3 Mo	+ 3.01%
LME Nickel	3 Mo	+ 2.06%
LME Zinc	3 Mo	+ 2.00%
LME Tin	3 Mo	+ 1.04%
LME Lead	3 Mo	+ 2.88%
CMX Copper	Mar 12	+ 0.09%
CMX Copper	May 12	+ 0.06%
CMX Gold	Feb 12	- 0.00%
CMX Silver	Mar 12	- 0.28%
NMX Crude Oil	Mar 12	- 0.05%

Primary Metals List


	Aluminum
	Antimony
	Arsenic
	Beryllium
	Bismuth
	Cadmium
	Chrome
	Cobalt
	Columbium
	Copper
	Gallium
	Germanium
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	Iron Ore
	Lead
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	Magnesium
	Manganese
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	Palladium
	Platinum
	Rhenium
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	Ruthenium
	Selenium
	Silicon
	Silver
	Tantalum
	Tellurium
	Tin
	Titanium
	Tungsten
	Uranium
	Vanadium
	Wolframite
	Zinc
	Zirconium

Scrap Metals List


	Scrap Aluminum
	Scrap Brass
	Scrap Cobalt/Nickel
	Scrap Columbium
	Scrap Copper
	Scrap Hastelloy C
	Scrap Hastelloy X
	Scrap Inconel 600
	Scrap Inconel 625
	Scrap Inconel 718
	Scrap Molybdenum
	Scrap Niobium
	Scrap R Monel
	Scrap Stainless 18-8
	Scrap Stainless 316
	Scrap Stainless 400
	Scrap Steel/Iron
	Scrap SteelBmarker™
	Scrap RMDAS™ Ferrous
	Scrap Tantalum
	Scrap Titanium
	Scrap Tool Steels
	Scrap Tungsten 99.9%
	Scrap Tungsten Carbide
	Scrap Waspaloy
	Scrap Yellow Brass

Finish Product List


	Brass / Bronze Ingot
	Pipe and Tube
	Copper
	Stainless Flat Rolled
	Stainless Flat
	Stainless Long
	Steel Flat
	Steel Long
	Stainless Surcharges
	LME Steel Futures
	NYMEX Steel Futures
	SHFE Steel Futures
	SteelBenchmarker
	Steel Dow Jones
	Titanium

Energy List


	Coke
	Crude Oil
	Natural Gas

Rare Earth List


	Cerium
	Dysprosium
	Erbium
	Europium
	Gadolinium
	Lanthanum
	Misch Metal
	Neodymium
	Praseodymium
	Praseodymium-Neodymium
	Rare Earth Carbonate
	Samarium
	Terbium
	Yttrium