According to the data released by the Bureau of Statistics recently, compared with late March in early April 2021, among the 50 important means of production in the field of ** circulation, 27 products have significantly increased in price, of which, steel has increased... To stand out.

Before the Spring Festival, the price of hot coil material was about 3500 yuan/ton, and now, the price of hot coil material suddenly rose to 5300 yuan/ton, an increase of about 70%.

According to the data monitored by the Iron and Steel Association, at the end of March, the price index of long steel was 142.76 points, up 5.78% from the previous month, and the price index of steel sheet was 141.83 points, up 8.13% from the previous month. 

First, rising prices of raw materials

China's iron ore mainly comes from imports, Australia and Brazil are the two largest importers of iron ore in China, of which China imports iron ore from Australia every year. High, its proportion can reach 67%. Therefore, the fluctuation of iron ore prices in Australia has an impact on China's steel market. Large. According to the news on Feb. 22, the price of Australian iron ore has soared to $170.95 / ton, tracking the record high of $176.20 / ton set in December last year.

The rise in iron ore prices will inevitably lead to an increase in steel smelting costs, and steel companies will inevitably pass on the rising smelting costs to steel processing companies, and steel processing companies will inevitably pass on the rising purchase costs to the steel sales market.

Second, the steel market demand is strong

Since this year, the demand for steel in the real estate industry is relatively stable, generally speaking, as long as the demand for steel in the real estate industry is relatively stable, then the market price of steel will be relatively stable. In the case of relatively stable steel market prices, the manufacturing industry boom index is relatively high this year, which has led to an increase in steel demand. In the case of rising steel demand, the steel market has become a seller's market, and the sales price of steel is completely dictated by steel enterprises.

According to the data monitored by the Iron and Steel Association, as of April 8, the inventory of the five major steel varieties ** was only 18.84 million tons, and it has been declining for 5 consecutive weeks. It can be seen that although the price of steel is rising, the market demand for steel is also rising.

In the past, a logistics company was able to transport about 178,000 tons of steel, and in March, their logistics company was able to transport about 300,000 tons of steel, and want to get goods in the steel trade market, it is not easy. Drivers at their logistics company sometimes have to queue for two days to pick up goods.

Third, a number of steel mills raised the purchase price of scrap steel, environmental protection control.

In February, more than 60 steel mills raised the purchase price of scrap steel, all of which were raised by 20-100. In Tangshan and other places, several blast furnaces were forced to shut down due to environmental problems.