Latest China of steel prices trend

May the domestic construction steel prices market shocks, slightly down trend, domestic building materials prices rose and then fell, although some businesses eager to pull up, but the actual volume does not follow suit, there is no significant change in the overall market price. Due to the recent arrival of small local markets, the declining trend in the overall stock market. From key markets in Beijing, Shanghai and other places to price movements, basically are in a slight concussion running in the market, no significant increase in purchases in the case, the market is difficult to have better opportunities.

From the overall market trend, the domestic construction steel market in May than in April a slight decline. As of May 27, the domestic 25mm rebar price in 3555 yuan / ton, late last month down 56 yuan / ton; including Beijing 25mm price of 3520 yuan / ton, late last month fell 10 yuan / ton; Shanghai 18 - 25mm price of 3380 yuan / ton, late last month fell 100 yuan / ton; Guangzhou 18-25mm price of 3670 yuan / ton, late last month rose 20 yuan / ton; domestic 6.5mm high speed wire price in 3608 yuan / ton, late last month fell 37 yuan / ton, Beijing 6.5mm high speed wire prices in 3540 yuan / ton, unchanged from last month, Shanghai 6.5mm high speed wire price is 3390 yuan / ton, late last month fell 30 yuan / ton, Guangzhou price 3700 yuan / ton, late last month fell 10 yuan / ton.

According to the China Iron and Steel Industry Association, the latest data show that its member companies in early May crude steel output to 1.748 million tons, an increase of 2.71% mid-chain, the national estimate is 2,192,900 tons, an increase of 3.02% mid-chain. National crude steel output hit a late degrees with high caliber and less Bureau of Statistics announced in April the national crude steel output (2.188 million tons) high 05,000 tons, or 0.23 percent. In early May the national crude steel output rose a new direction since the second quarter of blast furnace production gradually into a relationship on track, but also with steel mills to increase production costs for the dilution of efforts related. In the absence of significant positive macro-policy side and demand-side effects of the rainy season by Southern backdrop, the high crude steel output will continue to put pressure on the market.

With the advent of June, most of the country all will enter the hot and rainy season, outdoor construction progress of the project will be greatly hindered, the steel city will officially usher in the season, coupled with the originally scheduled to be held in March about working conference on cities and towns because the reasons for planning a push again, the terminal needs significant volume expectations are not high, the market mentality and many more cautious bearish based, and although the national building social stock consecutive ten weeks continued to decline, but still compared to the same requirements relatively high, it is expected that the market "to the inventory, lower risk," will remain a major operation, building materials prices will continue to run in the bottom of the stage.

In summary, due to the recent bad policy side still prevail, and the market supply and demand is still there, the cost of late also continue to support efforts to weaken possible, coupled with volatile international economic situation, the risk of financial market volatility is still large , is expected in June domestic construction steel market prices will remain within a narrow range downward trend run, like Galvanized steel, galvalume steel, ERW Pipe, Galvanized angle iron, Prepainted Steel, etc, will keep stable stake.

China Steel Market in Summer

Years later date, the decline in steel prices and off, add up close to a few months, the traditional peak season is not a surprise to the steel trading business, let alone immediately into the steel off-season, but also expect steel prices to have much pick up? According to the monitoring, as of the closing of the 19th, Beijing markets River steel two big spiral price of 3530 yuan / ton, unchanged from the previous day; Shanghai market Zhongtian two big spiral of 3490-3530 yuan / ton, compared with the previous was unchanged; Guangzhou market GISE, two big spiral 3630 yuan / ton, unchanged from the previous day. Shanghai market hot rolled closing price of 3530-3560 yuan / ton, unchanged from the previous day; the Tianjin market hot rolled closing price of 3460-3490 yuan / ton, compared with the previous day maintenance of stability; music hot rolled coil from the market closing price of 3610 - 3620 yuan / ton, compared with the previous day's low reduced.

Only a week last week, domestic steel prices fell 1.33% for the biggest weekly decline in two months, the steel futures continue to decline, a high level of crude steel production in the steel market supply and demand contradictions No mitigation background, steel trading business operation is still main dynasties library. According to statistics, the total inventory of steel community last week, down 3.3% to 19.064 million tons, threaded stock down 4.4% from 8.744 million tons, down 2.7% in the previous week; wire down 3.8% from 2.493 million tons, down 2.3% in the previous week; hot-rolled 4724000 ton, down 2.0%, by 0.002% in the previous week; cold-rolled down 0.9% from 1.631 million tons, down 0.1% in the previous week; plate down 3.0% from 1.473 million tons, down 1.3% in the previous week. At present, the intensified financial market volatility, market pessimistic attitude, brokers price to take the goods, it is estimated that the bottom of the market state can only continue.

However, recently about the steel part of the iron ore cargo to take back the market to sell the phenomenon is on the rise, which also increased the expected market indirectly cut steel, the steel industry back to the sale of iron ore, Leaving aside this group goods can not be sold in a timely manner, since the steel mills to sell out, it means that steel mills have decided not to the shipment into production, sold out, will increase the supply pressure of the iron ore market, resulting in mine further decline in price; sell, steel mills will they stagnation in the market, will not be used for production, so the speculation mills took the opportunity to have a willingness to cut is possible, but the amount of the cut would have little, it is difficult to say, it depends how poor steel market outlook is expected.

Although, the steel prices of China is in the lowest level this year, following the rising of economic development, the demand of all kinds of steel will be uplifted, like galvanized steel, ERW pipe, Steel coil, galvalume steel, Flat Bar, galvanized angle iron, etc. I do believe that China Steel enterprises must conquer this difficult age, and accomplish their goal of this year in 2013.

The Latest China Steel Information

The last day before the holiday, the nation's major market steel prices unexpectedly comprehensive stabilize run, the market mentality is basically in a peaceful state. According to market monitoring: As of the close, the average price of 25mm rebar 3614 yuan, down 20 yuan from last Friday; 6.5mm high line average 3564 yuan or 16 yuan; 5.5mm hot-rolled average price of 3,710 yuan, down 37 ; 1.0mm cold-rolled average price of 4,807 yuan, down 24 yuan; 20mm plate average price of 3,754 yuan, down 26 yuan.

This week, the domestic stock market fell nearly 3%, steel futures prices fell more than 2%, leading to poor market sentiment. Despite the recent market turnover situation has obviously improved, according to statistics the country's 29 major cities in construction steel, hot-rolled coil, cold rolled coil, plate the total inventory on the decline, but still high inventory levels of all varieties, businesses pressure is still large, strong willingness to return the funds by demand season, pay close attention to the shipping, very price and even pull up the price of power shortage. Short term, although shipments will continue to be maintained at a high level, 51 postganglionic stock will continue to decline, but the premise of the high-yield, for the subsequent arrival of resources concerns, a single from the spot market level, it is difficult to pull prices rebounded significantly. Poor economic conditions, unless the country has a more powerful stimulus policies we mentioned before, Hebei began efforts to cut one-third of steel production capacity policy implementation, the steel market will have a turning point.

This week, the the prices of sheet metal market of domestic continue to slightly lower, especially is the hot rolled steel plate volume Product Price, the of its financial property is the strongest, to follow the steel futures, the trend of the in the long-term electronic disk Price is the more obvious, decline is also of the relatively large. But the all over the, of all varieties sheet metal decline in the prices of compared to with the last few weeks has been distinctly narrowed from the, This with the that have a great relationship on the the heavy volume of of the demand. Week of hot-rolled coil, cold rolled coil, plate stock declined.

Labour Day, the overall level of demand is still expected to continue to enlarge the sales of businesses still remain at a high level. But now higher than the same period last year about 20% of the inventory levels, the formation of a greater pressure on the dealer, so that the price level is difficult to significantly improved. However, if the domestic stock market, steel futures market prices after the holiday can rebound, the stock market there may be some improvement. In a two-day weekend, the domestic stock market, steel futures, electronic trading are not opening, the all varieties spot steel prices have remained stable. But greater impact on of the steel billet Price the trend of the spot price goes low continuously in the weekend two days, the two days of the cumulative decline in reached 40 yuan, As of press, the Tangshan region Carbon 150 billet Price for the 3.16 thousand yuan, reached a the the lowest level in in the this year after the Spring Festival. From the billet market trend during the holiday season, the Festival steel spot market is still not optimistic. The domestic steel market wants to get rid of the dilemma, but also the national macro-stimulus force to appear. There is also a way out is the the domestic steel mills be able to take the initiative to of the. These two from the the the the current signs of point of view, the short-term within the both the difficult to achieve. However, there are a little might be interested in the latter part of the market trend the formation of the policy of the important influence in the we need to focus. Recent media reports, Hebei will be a 1/3 cut in steel production capacity. Mainly is out of to the environmental considerations, the use of the environmental protection means to achieve the abatement of the steel production capacity. In in 2012, the Hebei crude steel production 1.8 billion tons, the average monthly 15 million tons, minus 1/3 is the 5 million t. We need to focus efforts in May this policy implemented and the specific implementation, if you really can have this amount, the market will change, the market price may rise significantly.

China Steel Prices will be trend of rising

Relative to the same period in 2012, the level of steel prices this year as a whole compared to last year were down 200 yuan / ton; peak of the first half of last year, steel demand for the release in late April to May, so it seems that this year should be according tolikely go with the original track; specific point of view, we believe that steel prices this month to usher in a real rebound, you may need to explore from the following aspects.

Enter mid-March, the market reaction turnover improved, but by the author's observation, the downstream buyers become very cautious, multi-demand procurement, rarely concentrated replenishment; description of this stage downstream sectors of the steel market has always held a cautious wait-and-see attitude. In fact, with the nearly two years since the global economic slowdown, the steel industry and downstream industry boom of the obvious fall in the raw materials and other cost control more strictly, the downstream industry is too concerned about the changes in the steel market, further forcing steel post cast more tangled. In this way, the actual demand if there is no real release, depends on expectations has been difficult to easily pry the big changes in the steel city.

From Steel Association released the latest data show that until the end of the end of March, the key steel enterprises internal steel stocks fell about 800000-13700000 t, amounting to ten days for the first time to drop, while at the same time last week, the social stock of steel continuous the third week dropped to 21.62 million tons; inside and outside the steel stocks double down; greater amount of end demand for the release. Ching Ming Festival, this acceleration to the inventory may further increase the high probability event. So for a long period of "price depression" steel market, pull up the grounds, after the festival, sufficient to illustrate this point, the businesses active pull-up will significantly enhance the performance of the market.

From the General Administration of Customs recently latest data show that in March China's steel exports 5.28 million tons, an increase of 4.97%; 1-3 months of total exports of 14.43 million tons of steel, an increase of 18.8%. In March, China imported 1.23 million tons of steel, down 3.15%; 1-3 months of total imports of 3.23 million tons of steel a year-on-year decline of 5.3%. In March, China's imports of iron ore was 64.55 million tons, an increase of 2.67%; imported a total of 186.48 million tons of iron ore in 1-3 months, unchanged from the same period last year. - March, China's steel export volume is the highest since 21 months, the focus is also broke the 500 million tonnes mark.

Generally speaking, China steel prices will have some changes in this month, but the key factors should be decided by the trends of economic. And we can be sure, according to the rising of economic, the demand of steel will rise, like steel plate, steel coil, galvanized steel, and galvanized angle iron will get more demand in the next month.

The situation of China cold rolled steel in March 2013

In February, in China, the market price of cold rolled coil to the rising main. February 28, China's major cities 1.0mm cold plate an average price of 4952 yuan (t), up 111 yuan from the end of January. Shanghai, Tianjin, Beijing 1.0mm Omo box board market price of 4860 yuan, 5050 yuan and 5100 yuan, or 170 yuan, 100 yuan and 100 yuan. The other second-tier market price or 60-170 yuan.

Cold rolled steel prices rise, there are mainly two reasons; the one hand, a further rise in steel prices cost more sturdy supporting role. Businesses hoard, on the other hand, a very few, limited resources, market liquidity, resulting in fewer cold-rolled steel products, but prices continue to grow. For Spring Festival is expected to once again good psychological fermentation postganglionic the inertial pull up the role, the pace of rising market prices before and after the Spring Festival has never stopped.

Specifically, the following prices up in February, the domestic large steel mills in the mainstream again blew the horn rose. Especially early in the New Year's Baosteel will surprise the first to raise the price policy in March after the holiday, other steel mills raised prices well ahead of preheating. Indeed, after the Chinese New Year, Shougang, Angang Steel new one price policy have to implement, the March cold rolled rises in 200-250 yuan. The Hebei steel of cold rolled steel producers will also follow the trend of price increases policy, the latter part of the cost of supporting a further consolidated. Just has not been started due to the the postganglionic downstream demand, the price after a space up Xuzhang power tends to weak businesses mainly changed to a stable and a wait-and-see, expected real market revitalization in about 3 months late.

On the other hand, during the Spring Festival market resources around the part arrival, but the arrival of relatively limited, only a few cities in the bulk arrival. Moreover, some steel mills busy exports, a decrease in the amount of domestic resources. However, businesses hoard goods, stocking seek and secure the relatively rare a large number Dongchu operations. Therefore, after the Spring Festival, the market resources is small there is a growing, but still at a low overall inventory. The salable few resources, support a certain price. But if the latter continue to add resources, demand start slow price "late spring" may only adjustment will be more limited. Late start gradually, demand and steel prices are expected to return to a rising channel.

According to the previous experience, each year, in March and April, is the the downstream demand gradually start of period. With the weather warming, the downstream procurement will gradually start to recover, and then one after another active this year, the pace of urbanization is a "policy year" downstream producers overall than last year's strong vitality, is a good cold rolled steel market. The overall market is expected to occur in March and April, a "peak", downstream needs to start in early March or significantly slow the true sense of the market recovery is a process, not small adjustments to exclude individual time period.

China Steel Prices After Chinese New Year

Just the end of the Spring Festival, many steel trading business have started to the new year's work, more and more people are open for business, and steel prices rebound. Overall, however, the prices of finished steel were now significantly rise, including sheet metal products gains stronger than construction steel.

Monitoring shows that, the domestic key cities Ф25mm three rebar average price of 3925 yuan (t price, the same below), up 46 yuan from preganglionic; the domestic key cities Ф6.5mm high line an average price of 3,770 yuan before the holiday up 41yuan; domestic major cities 5.5mm hot rolled coil average price of 4,212 yuan, up 51 ​​yuan from preganglionic; 1.0mm cold plate of the domestic focus of the central city average price of 4,906 yuan, up 49 yuan before the holiday; domestic major cities 20mmthe board average price of 4054 yuan, up 67 yuan higher than before the holiday.

We know, from entering since 2013, many macroeconomic data show that the economy is slowly recovering. January export growth hit a 21 month high, PPI chain liters by the down turn, influenced by the Spring Festival Golden Week, the rapid growth in consumer. The market is generally believed that the economic rebound is expected to enhance the future economic growth will continue to rebound.CPI data, although affected by seasonal factors, the January CPI as expected to fall, but the view from the the Recent market participants forecast the February CPI data, the possibility of warming is still very large.

During the Spring Festival, the businesses in the market outlook is expected to better steel prices increased significantly, while around the arrival and more, so the obvious rise in the stock, recently merchant sales pressure is revealed. Inventory, as of last week, the 35 major markets nationwide rebar inventory was 8.4544 million tons, an increase of 930,800 tons; the wire stock 2,322,300 tons, an increase of 445,700 tons. From national wire rod, rebar, steel coil (hot rolled coil, cold rolled coils), the inventory total view of the plate, etc., a comprehensive national inventory total of 18,117,700 tons, an increase of 1.85 million tons, an increase of 11.37%.

At the same time, the postganglionic all varieties inventory increased in volume.According to the inventory statistics show that, as of February 19, 2013, the social inventory of the nation's major markets five varieties of steel was 18.016 million tons, an increase of 1.851 million tons compared with before the Spring Festival, rising for nine weeks in a row.The downstream construction as well as machining timber procurement earliest have to wait until the Lantern Festival after recovery, the steel market in the short-term need to guard against the risk of a sudden drop in steel prices.

The Opportunities and Challenges of China Steel Trade

2012 end of the world, the Mayan prophecy did not come, however, China's iron and steel industry has experienced a year real doomsday baptism; steel demand to drop steel prices continued to drop, monetary tightening, the banks pumping loan, funds flee, economic growth speed dropped, etc, the China Steel industry has been a big shock.

However, the optimism of the Chinese steel enterprises, or believe, after the big impact, Chinese steel trade markets, in 2013, there must be a big opportunity while waiting.

Opportunities one: the economic rebound, increasing government investment, sluggish steel demand will have a larger rebound.

Obviously, the 2013 steel market, given the high expectations, the first face of the domestic economy to pick up, has long been recognized, several consecutive months of manufacturing PMI index showed that China's manufacturing industry began to jump out of the trough, showing a clear active; coupled with the general direction of the countries adhere to expand domestic demand and promote development, it is foreseeable that in 2013 China's domestic consumption will be a further rebound in the auto industry is a very obvious good momentum; manufacturing industry rebound, cold rolled steel and hot rolled steel plate etc, which is demand likely to get a larger increase in the signal; this is a marked change since the fourth quarter of 2012.

Another aspect is the national macro-policy changes, the development of new towns in the direction of "Eighteen" established by the Conference, pointed the way for this year's investment focus; real estate, infrastructure, and other industries will benefit, they will start moving up; Moreover, the attendant equipment manufacturing market will also be a good situation to usher in a significant increase in orders; coupled on the 2012 Development and Reform Commission issued a series of steady growth measures, has begun to specific implementation, some of the utility by the end of the year be verified; the nearly trillion urban rail track construction project since the end of September last year, in the spring of 2013, launched one after another. Rebar, wire rod and other materials of construction steel demand is expected to continue growing.

Opportunities 2: steel trade enterprises left for the king, the short machine to carve up the market share has come.

There is no doubt that the steel industry since the crisis in 2012, so that the closure of many companies, including upstream steel mills, the triage center steel market, of course, is the steel trade enterprises; organization released survey data show that in 2012, around the country, nearly thirty percent of the steel trade and business failures or exit the industry. Dabai shu steel trade market as the country's largest steel trade concentrated in Shanghai, more than 3% of the annual GDP contribution rate in the Shanghai area near depression.

Overall, the 2013 steel prices market will be better than 2012, which is already reached a consensus; analysis, however, the steel trade enterprises in the face of the big opportunities in front of more calm response is required; good macroeconomic policy advantage, also need funding support to the implementation of specific future large investment projects to where to get enough funds, need further observation; another full of instability to the international economic situation, the financial cliff in the United States is only a temporary solution, how to defuse a brief lull greater after the crisis, but wait for the negotiations of the forces of political parties in the United States, the euro zone debt crisis continues to ferment, and unstable factors still exist; let alone domestic steel serious excess capacity, the spot market oversupply the general pattern of signs of improvement yet. So despite the new opportunities are not small, but the potential risk, and therefore need to be cautious.

The Current Economic Status Impacts China Steel Prices

Since the outbreak of the financial crisis in 2008, it continued to spread and deepen. The problem of a country's total steel consumption, it has a continuous. Currently, the global steel overcapacity problem is very serious, and want to excess capacity eliminated the need for many years. Excess capacity is a global problem, and is also an important factor in the steel trade-distorting. For China, could also be too large, steel prices cannot be sustained stabilization and recovery, the growth in demand for steel, even if it is a low-growth may not be able to bring about the growth of the steel, the profits from the products. The confidence comes from the steel consumption, industrialization prior to the completion of at least the next 10 years, should be a growth momentum was maintained, but must be a low-growth.

As the representative of the European and American countries, they are the center of consumption, the center of the capital output operation of so-called reform and innovation go too far, a bubble. Developing countries in the past ten years to become the world's manufacturing center in China, the cost advantage of developing countries to developed countries transport cheap goods, their consumption of transition. We export them out of the problem by the impact of exports and the corresponding affected many areas of production appeared excess. Get a lot of the profits of the assets mainly export-oriented country, by the original export. Brought them? Their own currency appreciation and undermine the international competitiveness of other industries in their own future appreciation when the three issues need to be adjusted, the adjustment process is a fairly lengthy process. China, for example, these years of us rely on the boosting of exports to GDP pulling now export problems, domestic demand needs people continued to increase revenue, improve spending power this form of adjustment is a long.

Steel industrialization support industry, secondary industry in the process of industrialization is the highest, the entire secondary industry in the national economy dominant process is the process of industrialization, industrialized secondary industry what is the construction industry and industrial composition. GDP growth in the process of industrialization first contributor is the second industry, the development of the secondary industry must bring consumption. Is the fastest per capita steel consumption in the industrialization process of the mid-to late industrialization must be from high growth to low growth. To a post-industrial society overall steel consumption will fall from the peak. It will continue to fall after a long time.

For steel situation in 2013, we believe that steel suppliers and production and consumption still have confidence, but we must fully understand that it is a low-growth, because the GDP in 2013 will this year. The tone of monetary easing should also be sustained. Especially a steady growth in new infrastructure projects will encourage investment to stabilize. After about 4-5 trillion out, especially the last two years on infrastructure, investment in fixed assets is highly controversial, but now look at the central government put forward, steady investment is an important measure of steady growth.

Generally speaking, it is a new year for Steel production in 2013, although, we also meet all kinds of problems, the economy of world is becoming better and there will be more good policy for Steel development in China, therefore, as long as we believe, whatever steel products like steel coil, steel pipe, steel sections, angle iron, ERW pipe, Galvanized Steel, etc, the prices will be proper level.

Latest China Steel News in 2013

There is no doubt that 2012 is the last ten years, the most difficult year for the China steel industry, whether manufacturers or trading enterprises are facing tremendous pressure. Near the end of the year, the industry is looking forward to the upcoming 2013, however, the steel industry has entered a cyclical correction in the context of slow economic growth, China steel supply and demand will further exacerbate the coming year, the Steel City, I am afraid it is still hard to Sudden Impact.

For the real economy, especially the manufacturing sector ubiquitous overcapacity, big but not strong, domestic consumption, lack of motivation and other issues. China's economy is facing two problems of structural and cyclical adjustment, the GDP growth rate of about 7% to 8% will be the norm in the future.

The IMF and the World Bank have also lowered the global and China's economic growth is expected in the next two years. IMF to China's 2013 growth forecast down to 8.2%, 0.6 percentage points lower than at the beginning, the World Bank cut China's 2013 GDP growth to 8.1% from 8.6% previously expected.

It can be predicted that in 2013, China's economy will maintain slow growth, annual GDP growth rate is expected to be between 7.6% to 8%.

Comparing the 2012 steel suppliers, we can find the steel pipe and steel plate demand are larger, like ERW pipe, seamless pipes, hot rolled steel plate, cold rolled steel, etc. Besides, the steel coil always keeps a balance situation. Of course, for many industries, galvanized steel coil, hot rolled coil, cold rolled coil are playing key role for their production. We can believe these special steel coil will have a bigger supplying and demand.

Based on scale effect, reduce the pursuit of merger risk factors to consider, in recent years, China's steel production capacity is very considerable. According to statistics, this year plans to add 53 blast furnace, iron smelting capacity of about 70000000 tons, crude steel production capacity of 9.3 tons at present; in 2013, plans for additional iron smelting capacity of about 40000000 tons, then China's crude steel production capacity will reach 9.7 tons, 10 tons to close greatly approximation.

Considering the overall poor economic environment, the steel city is difficult to be a fundamental turn for the better, as well as the steel profit difficulties and other factors, the release of production capacity will be affected certainly, is expected in 2013 crude steel production in 7.3 tons ~7.4 tons, increase than 2012 2%~3%.

Since this year, domestic iron ore production capacity output grows steadily. ~9 in January, China's iron ore production reached 9.7 tons, grow 16.6% compared to the same period, predicting annual is expected to reach 15 tons. According to incomplete statistics, China new ore production capacity of more than 4.5 tons, and for many large mining projects, and belongs to the national or the local government encourages project, production capacity will be smooth release. Foreign mines, three mines in the vale of nearly 1 tons of capacity planning completed and put into production in 2013, Rio Tinto plans in 2013 production capacity reached 2 tons.

Based on the above analysis, the China steel industry overcapacity in the illness has reached the adjustment not stage, is expected next year, the main varieties of average steel prices will drop further down, the main varieties in 5% the left and right sides, low will be lower than this year, this year the high and flat or slightly low, whole year or emerged after the former high-low trend.

Different Kinds of Steel Products and Steel Prices

It is known that steel is widely used in many different areas, and it contains all kinds of different types. Generally, depending on the cross sectional shape, the steel can be divided into four main categories of profiles, steel sheets, steel tubes, and metal products. Of course, every big category can own several different small categories, and the related steel prices is not the same. Most the processing of steel belongs to pressure processing, which can make steel produce plastic deformation. According to the processing temperature of steel can be divided into two kinds of cold and hot processing.

Steel is an iron-carbon alloy which contains carbon between 0.04%-2.3%. The chemical composition of steel is so different, if the steel can only contain carbon steel known as carbon steel, in the actual production, in order to ensure its toughness and ductility, the carbon content is generally not more than 1.7%. And the main elements of steel except iron and carbon, it contains silicon, manganese, sulfur, phosphorus, etc.

The next, there are some introductions about several normal steel products, including steel plate, steel coil, galvanized steel,  steel pipe, etc.

Steel Plate

Steel plate is with molten steel pouring and pressed flat-shaped steel after cooling. According to different rolling ways, steel plate can be divided into hot-rolled and cold-rolled. Generally, steel plate can used as bridge plate, boiler plate, automobile manufacturing plate, etc. And hot rolled steel plate is a very big application in the industry, which is produced by hot rolling.

Steel Coil

Steel coil, is also known as rolled steel, which is can be produced by steel hot or cold pressing. In order to facilitate storage and transport, steel coil usually can be processed plate or strip, etc. Steel coil is divided into hot rolled coil and cold rolled coil, and the hot rolled coil is processing products which is in the front of the billet recrystallization, and cold rolled is subsequent processing after hot-rolled-coil. In order to enhance the resistance to corrosion of steel, you can use galvanized steel coil.

Steel Pipe

Steel pipe can be divided into two categories, including seamless pipe and welded steel pipe. Usually, seamless pipes are made of high quality carbon steel and use two different ways to produce: hot rolled and cold rolled. Welded steel pipe is rolled into a tubular steel plate on the seam or spiral seam welded. Weld steel pipes can be used for water pipelines, gas pipes, heating pipes, electrical pipes, etc.

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