Ua hoʻolaha koke aku nei ʻo ArcelorMittal i kānaʻŌwili kila i ʻōwili wela ʻianā kumukūʻai, ʻaʻole hana nā wili ʻē aʻe ma ka mākeke, a manaʻoʻiʻo ka mākeke e piʻi hou aʻe nā kumukūʻai. I kēia manawa, hāʻawi ʻo ArcelorMittal i ke kumukūʻai coil wela kūloko no ka hoʻouna ʻana i Iune ma 880 euros/ton EXW Ruhr, ʻo ia hoʻi he 20-30 euros kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ka ʻōlelo ma mua. I kēia manawa, ua māmā nā hana mākeke, a ʻaʻole e kūʻai nui nā mea kālepa ma muli o ka lawa ʻana o ka waihona a me nā hopohopo e pili ana i ka maopopo ʻole o ke kumukūʻai ma hope. Eia nō naʻe, ua hoʻopaʻa piha ʻia nā kauoha pā no ka papa hoʻouna ʻana o Mei-Iulai e ka ʻEulopakilanā wili.

I kēia manawa, ʻo ka lako oKe kilaUa paʻa nā wili ma ka home a me nā ʻāina ʻē, a ua lawa ka nui o ke kauoha. ʻAʻole i hoʻihoʻi hou ka hoʻomaka hou ʻana o nā lako mai Pepeluali a Malaki i ka nui o ka hana ma mua. I mea e hoʻopiha hou ai i ka waihona, ʻae wale nā ​​​​mea kūʻai i ke kumukūʻai hana o nā tona liʻiliʻi. Kākoʻo ʻia ke kumukūʻai e ke ʻano hana o nā tona liʻiliʻi, akā e like me ke kau maʻamau, a ma lalo o ke kumu o ka hahai ʻana i ke kaʻina hana mākeke, manaʻo ʻia ke kumukūʻai e hōʻike i kahi ʻano iho i Mei a me Iune.

Ma Malaki 15, ke kumukūʻai oʻŌwili Gima ka mākeke kūloko ʻEulopa he 860 Euro/ton EXW Ruhr, me ka piʻi ʻana o ka awelika o kēlā me kēia lā he 2.5 Euro/ton, a ʻo ke kumukūʻai kūpono ma kahi o 850 Euro/ton EXW. ʻO ke kumukūʻai o ka ʻōwili wela Italia he 820 Euro/ton EXW, kahi mea hiki ke hana ʻia. ʻO ke kumukūʻai he 810 euros/ton EXW, a ke manaʻo ʻia nei e piʻi aʻe i 860-870 euros/ton EXW i ka wā e hiki mai ana.

Ma ka mākeke lawe mai, ua kaupalena ʻia ka lako, a e hāʻawi ʻia nā kumuwaiwai ʻĀsia i ka wā mai ka hopena o Iulai a ʻAukake, a ʻo ke kumukūʻai o nā mea maka he 800 Euros/ton CFR Antwerp. Ma Malaki 15, ua piʻi ke kumukūʻai CIF o nā wili wela ma ka hema o ʻEulopa ma 10 euros no ka tona a i 770 euros no ka tona. Ua kūʻai ʻia nā mea maka mai ʻĀsia ma €770-800 no ka metric ton, ʻoiai ua kūʻai ʻia nā mea mai ʻAigupita ma €820/t cif Italia.