Part of what will lead to increasing prices will be rising costs both for raw materials and energy, according to Kestenbaum.

More European steelmakers are announcing increases following ArcelorMittal's announcement last week.

South Korean ferrous scrap imports fell by 24pc from a year earlier in July because of cheaper domestic scrap and high inventory levels.

The company plans to sell its USW-represented blast furnace steelmaking plant in Granite City, Illinois, to SunCoke by 2024.

The firm's subsidiary Keppel Energy will hire Japan's Mitsubishi Power Asia Pacific and Singapore-based Jurong Engineering to build the Keppel Sakra Cogen Plant, located in the Sakra sector of Jurong Island.

CMC recycles and manufactures steel and metal products at its facilities in the US and in Poland.

Open interest on the CME Group's north European hot-rolled coil contract hit another record level on Tuesday, as daily traded tonnage also reached a new high.

CMC recycles and manufactures steel and metal products at its facilities in the US and in Poland.