According to the report released by MOFCOM, as the temperature inched up step by step, both of the steel consumption and price had ramped up gradually. For the week ended on April 10th, the domestic steel price rose by 0.6% compared to prior week. During the given period, the HR stripe with specification of 145*2.5mm, wielding pipe with specification of 20*1.2 and the rebar with the diameter of 12mm have surged 1.0%, 1.0% and 0.9% respectively week on week.
On the other hand, for last week the market also showed a price hike for the imported iron ore. For instance the imported iron ore fines had been quoted at 1330-1340yuan per t, raising by 1.5% compared to previous week.
As warmer weather went on, lots of projects were launched and the inventories had been released to meet the final demands. Accordingly during the given period, China's social inventories for the construction steel products had dropped by 2.3% week over week and by 10.9% month over month. Therefore the steel price is estimated to continue hiking slightly in the foreseeable future.