Steel Prices Rose after Falling Last Week.

The "CCTV Finance Excavator Index," jointly developed by CCTV Finance, Sany Heavy Industry, and TreeLab Technology, released its latest data. In April, construction machinery saw increases in both volume and operating rates, with all three major sectors — port logistics, heavy lifting, and civil construction — recovering across the board as peak-season construction demand was concentrated and released. In April, the average operating rate of construction machinery nationwide was 45.09%, up 3.6 percentage points MoM, and the workload growth rate of trackable samples was 12.55% MoM. The top ten provinces ranked by comprehensive operating rate were: Anhui, Beijing, Ningxia, Zhejiang, Liaoning, Hainan, Hebei, Jiangxi, Gansu, and Xinjiang.

Pada Q1 2026, POSCO Holdings Group mencatat pendapatan sebesar 17,9 triliun won, naik 1.035 miliar won QoQ; laba kotor sebesar 15,2 triliun won, naik 488 miliar won QoQ; margin laba kotor naik 2,4 poin persentase QoQ menjadi 8,5%; beban penjualan, umum dan administrasi sebesar 810 miliar won, turun 206 miliar won QoQ; laba operasi sebesar 707 miliar won, naik signifikan 694 miliar won QoQ, dengan profitabilitas yang membaik secara substansial; margin laba operasi naik 3,9 poin persentase QoQ menjadi 4,0%; laba sebelum pajak sebesar 757 miliar won, berhasil berbalik dari rugi menjadi laba; laba bersih sebesar 543 miliar won, naik 854 miliar won QoQ; laba bersih yang dapat diatribusikan kepada perusahaan induk sebesar 467 miliar won.

[SMM Baja] Departemen Perdagangan AS menyelesaikan tinjauan administratif antidumping atas produk baja tahan korosi dari Taiwan yang mencakup periode Juli 2023-Juni 2024. Sheng Yu Steel dan Prosperity Tieh Enterprise menerima margin dumping final sebesar 0,00%, sementara Great Grandeul Steel Company Limited (Samoa) ditetapkan margin dumping rata-rata tertimbang sebesar 0,99%. USDOC mempertahankan hampir seluruh perhitungan dari temuan awal, dengan hanya koreksi ejaan kecil pada nama perusahaan Prosperity.