Long steel demand, pricing in Brazil to recover in H2; price increases possible in September: AVB exec

Brazilian steelmaker Aço Verde do Brasil (AVB) anticipates that long steel demand and pricing will rebound in the country in the second half of 2023, after a challenging first half pressured by a falling dollar, rain and imports, investor relations manager Vinícius Ribeiro told Fastmarkets in an interview on Friday August 18.

After facing a first half with sales pressured by competition from imports, political uncertainties in Brazil, the dollar falling and voluminous rain, AVB, which makes steel billet, rebar and wire...

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Gabriela Brumatti

August 22, 2023

15:36 GMT

São Paulo