The latest price of imported iron ore in China dropped 80 cents to $129 a tonne CFR. The Chinese New Year holiday has begun, so the market is not active.
In Turkey’s scrap import market, the recession of the country’s rebar export has severely affected the willingness to buy scrap. The latest scrap price of 20-80 has been stabilized at $419.25 per ton CFR , but the asking price of Turkish buyers has fallen below 400 dollars. Due to the fact that the rebar producers in the current condition of the scrap market are unprofitable.