Eastern China steel mills have cut ferrous scrap prices. Source is Singapore (Platts)–27 Aug 2015 Jiangsu Shagang Group, the largest scrap user of China, on Thursday [Read more...]

There is a great deal of price variance when you abandon rail track and want to determine the salvage value as relay materials and / or as scrap materials. This on line [Read more...]

It is important to consider market realities when undertaking net liquidation or rail track materials and other rail project economic assessments under ICC/STB regulatory [Read more...]

From Platts report.. By Tom Balcerek | July 15, 2015 Market conditions changing as the supply/ demand real world relationship change. Good Economics 101 lesson Sent from my [Read more...]

South Africa With commercial assertions of possible steel finished product dumping, (as Chinese steel production at home exceeds the domestic market demand by customers), [Read more...]

What has taken senior iron ore – steel industry leadership so long to adjust their strategic plans? What are rail and port companies that provide logistics services to [Read more...]

The South African Steel Industry is hit hard by he global slowdown in the market DEMAND for steel. Reports today from multiple sources say for example that South Africa’s [Read more...]

Here is a US city with the following favorable economic attributes. It has ample water access. It has an international airport. It is served by three competing railroads. It [Read more...]

A Bloomberg report on Jul 8, 2015 The analysis of the demand for port and rail freight always begins with an examination of the market supply/demand at the buyers level. [Read more...]

From Bloomberg, Jun 18, 2015 “Chinese steelmakers are deepening the first production cuts in a quarter century”… As manufacturing steel production drops, [Read more...]