Posted on 04 Mar 2026
Subdued market appetite during the winter months kept price levels for domestic rebar and wire rod in Poland unchanged during the week to Monday March 2, despite mills’ efforts to increase offers, sources told Fastmarkets.
Sources attributed the lack of price movement to low demand from key sectors including construction. Meanwhile, mills were heard to be trying to increase their offers because of higher scrap prices, sources said.
“Steel mills are trying to reach higher price levels, but it has not been very easy for them because buyers are being very cautious to accept higher prices. Many buyers are deciding to sit and wait,” one source told Fastmarkets.
Weather conditions in the country have been tough for business in recent weeks because of very low temperatures. Market participants expect an improvement in demand with the approach of warmer months.
Meanwhile, mills were heard to be holding “quite big stocks” while trading remains low in the country.
For rebar, carriage paid, mills were heard to be targeting higher offers around 2,650-2,700 zloty ($741-755) per tonne CPT. But no trading was reported at those levels in the week to Friday.
Deals for rebar were reported within the range of 2,570-2,600 zloty per tonne CPT. A buy deal for small quantities of material was reported at 2,550 per tonne CPT during the assessment period.
Market sources estimated workable levels around 2,550-2,600 zloty per tonne CPT.
Fastmarkets’ weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, CPT Poland was 2,550-2,600 zloty per tonne on Friday, unchanged week on week.
Meanwhile, for drawing-quality wire rod, prices were also stable, with no new trading activity heard during the week.
Estimates of workable levels were heard at 2,700-2,780 zloty per tonne delivered.
Fastmarkets’ weekly price assessment for steel wire rod (drawing quality), domestic, delivered Poland was also 2,700-2,780 zloty per tonne, unchanged week on week.
Source:EUROMETAL
