Steel Plate Market Report March 2017
2017-04-06 13:56:37 【Print】
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Prices for steel plate went down slightly and slowly during the month because of prices declines of raw materials as well as the slow market, but mark-downs were far less than those of HRC and CRC
. Meanwhile, most mills had no intention to reduce output obviously seeing substantial profits, while traders were inactive in supplementing inventories seeing poor sales performances as well as downward trend . End users just purchased according to urgent needs, for fear of a further price decline . Though the government announced to enlarge investment on infrastructure this year, the downstream demand for steel plate showed no signals of getting strong during the month . Insiders deem the steel plate price is likely to continue on the downward trend in April.