Extracted from Annual Report: 1) Slower demand of bars due to weakness in the domestic property sector is expected to be offset by the rolling out of the Malaysian government’s various infrastructure projects and spending. Prominent mega infrastructure/construction projects that have been announced which are in progress or about to be implemented include the KL-Singapore High Speed Rail, East Coast Rail Link, Pan Borneo Highway, Light Rail Transit 3, Gemas-Johor Baru rail link, Mass Rapid Transit Circle Line and the MRT 2. [Source:https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2018/02/03/steelrecovery-seen-sustainable]
2) Any potential increase in costs will be mitigated by striving for higher output with the implementation of new technology packages and manpower retraining.
3) Foreign exchange volatility risk will be mitigated through constant monitoring of the foreign exchange market and the Company’s overall forex exposure.
4) The steel tariff of 25% announced by Donald Trump’s administration in early 2018 is not expected to have a substantial effect on the Company as Masteel does not export its steel bars to the USA. Export sales only constitutes 2.50% of total sales for FYE 2017.
5) The commencement of a foreign owned steel mill in the east coast is not expected to pose a significant risk as substantial amount of their production output is required to be exported.
Jiangsu Shagang Group, China's largest privately-owned steelmaker, Tuesday said it would lift domestic rebar list prices by Yuan 130/mt ($20/mt) for the May 1-10 period.
This was the mill's second consecutive price increase since late April, and takes the total increase since then to Yuan 250/mt. Shagang's 16-25 mm diameter HRB400 rebar price rose to Yuan 4,070/mt, including 17% VAT, a mill source said.
Shagang also raised its prices for wire rod by Yuan 150/mt, taking HPB300 6.5 mm wire rod to Yuan 4,150/mt, including VAT.
Shagang's latest price increases were made following similar increases in domestic spot prices, market sources said. Spot rebar prices in eastern China had made consecutive gains over the past two weeks, in response to falling market inventories and strong futures prices.
Hi hstha....it is indeed a good news. Broken the 4000 mark a'dy.....hehe... can i ask your help to provide a link for 1 year rebar price history? I couldn't find it anywhere.....thanks in advance
ya, you guys must thrown your shares off tomorrow. clear your portfolio to no share left. safer. support what uzair said, this share will drop to 0.00.
just collect more. average it out. this fall is affect by foreign pull out due go Trump imposing the 25% steel which doesn't affect local.Graham value in this share is RM2 plus so grossly undervalue now.
PH no say scrap hsr n ecrl. It said review. Review can be the form of the loopsided contract. Can request 90% material source locally. Hire locals. Unlike now, all from china.
short term- might be good or no good. Long term sure good. Any government that emphasize on clean gomen, transparency and fair will be always perform in long term.
gomen say project reviwe but din say stop ma. Furthermore, steel price is good le. Dun tell me project like exchange 106 stop meh. Already half way built. Eye sore loh if going into KL. ECRL started. Project cancel will pay penalty. But T&C review highly possible and this not necessary bad for malaysia ma. Heard ECRL project all also buy from china. Even bolt and nuts. Some even say rice and rice cooker also bring from there. So if can buy locally, good for the local ppl loh. Hire more local labor compare to all foreign labor and say dunno to local cannot understand the china chinese and read the manual. What an insult.........it might slow down the project abit but i don't think it will stall loh....
CIMB Investment Bank said foreign investors may reduce their weighting in Malaysia due to short-term uncertainties.
“As such, banking stocks that have never seen foreign inflows in recent months may be negatively impacted. Constructions sector too will be negatively impacted as big projects may be reviewed,” the research house said.
“Consumer stocks however could gain from potential goods and services tax abolishment and minimum wage hike. Exporters may also gain due to their limited exposure to the domestic market,” it said.
Election result is in line with what Malaysia wants but now why sentiment is soooo bad abt the market, I think big guys making way to entre in the market at lower price that's why spreading bad sentiment.
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Shanghai steel marks best week since Dec on robust demand
in Commodity News 28/04/2018
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/shanghai-steel-marks-best-week-since-dec-on-robust-demand/