Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co Ltd 5423.T, Japan’s top electric-arc furnace steelmaker, on Monday said it will hold steel product prices steady in July to ensure hikes implemented earlier this year would be absorbed by the market.
This is the second month the company kept prices unchanged for all of its steel products, including its main H-shaped beams.
For July, prices for steel bars, including rebar, will remain at 102,000 yen ($757) a tonne while H-shaped beams will stay at 124,000 yen a tonne.
Overseas steel prices remained under pressure, with slow production and distribution activity in China due to strict coronavirus lockdowns in some cities, the company said in a statement.
Domestic demand, meanwhile, remained solid for construction use, but inventory of sheet steel was high due to a weak recovery in automobile output because of a global chip shortage, also hit by China’s pandemic restrictions, it added.
Tokyo Steel’s pricing is closely watched by Asian rivals such as South Korea’s Posco 005490.KS, Hyundai Steel 004020.KS and China’s Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd (Baosteel) 600019.SS.
Source:Reuters
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