On February 1, rebar was selling for about $710 per tonne ex-works, but since then, scrap values have risen by more than $30 per t. The Turkish Mass Housing Development Administration (TOKI) and Turkish mills will convene on March 7 to discuss specifics.
When reconstruction gets going, it’ll probably dominate the local rebar market for a while. Not only in the towns affected by the earthquake of February 6 but also in other earthquake-prone regions, reconstruction is anticipated.
Last week, Turkish manufacturers raised their rebar prices even further, but domestic market activity slowed and exports stopped altogether (see separate story). Turkish suppliers are concerned that they won’t be able to reclaim the company that other origins have usurped in a number of traditional marketplaces.
Turkish steel shipments decreased 42% to 733,000 tonnes in January, resulting in a decline in capacity utilization to 56.6%.
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