The Steel Market Futures Briefing
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Steel Market Futures Briefing will cover billet, rebar, wire rod and related raw materials such as scrap, HBI and DRI. We believe that the upcoming launch of steel futures trading on the LME will increase the need for detailed analysis on all aspects of the long products sector.
Steel Market Futures Briefing will be the first regular research report to undertake a comprehensive analysis of the long steel products market within the context of the development of steel futures. Underlying all markets are the fundamentals of physical supply and demand, but the development of futures markets will add an extra layer of complexity.
Steel Market Futures Briefing will analyse steel raw materials (ferrous scrap and HBI/DRI), semi-finished billet and finished long products of rebar and wire rod, providing accurate, independently-sourced data on production and trade. It will examine the physical markets on a regional basis and identify likely trading arbitrage opportunities across intra-regional markets on a global level, as well as applying value analysis on the margins between raw materials, intermediate and finished products. The report will also provide price forecasts out for 12 months on a product and regional basis.
Table of contents
Page. 1 Executive Overview
Page. 6 North American Markets - Nafta countries
Page. 11 European Markets - EU-25 countries
Page. 14 Asian Markets - China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan & ASEAN countries
Page. 18 Emerging Markets - CIS, Middle-East, South America & South Asia
Executive Summary
We commence our coverage of steel long products as prices reach record highs. We believe that there is further to go on the upside, but the current surge will reach a peak shortly. As such, there is more risk to the downside than up. Our summary is as follows:
- Over the last 12 months, our basket of global long products has risen by 44%.
- We forecasted that peak will be in May 2008 and our basket will be up by 10% than at present.
- In 12 months however, global long product prices will fall around 20% from the peak.
- On average, global long product prices in 2008 will be 40% above the average in 2007.
GFMS Metals Consulting is established as a leading consultancy examining base and precious metal physical and futures markets and publishes extensively on steel physical markets with its Steel Market Forecast Briefing and Steel Market Strategic Briefing, which analyse the current, short-term and medium-term markets for steel flat products. Companies can subscribe just to the regions that affect their business - North America, Europe, Asia and Emerging Markets. This approach offers subscribers the opportunity to make massive savings compared to some other newsletters that cover the sector.
Steel Market Futures Briefing offers the potential for massive costs savings compared to other information sources.
Introductory offer
| Number | 1 year* | ||
| One Region | 780 | ||
| Two Regions | 1050 | ||
| Three Regions | 1250 | ||
| All Regions | 1485 |
In USD
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Disclaimer
This report was made by GFMS. SteelGuru doesn't guarantee or endorse the correctness or completeness of the contents. SteelGuru does not take any liability or complaints arising out of the same in any way, whatsoever.