{"id":55419,"date":"2026-01-28T11:51:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T05:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=55419"},"modified":"2026-01-28T11:51:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T05:51:41","slug":"china-billet-prices-ease-on-bearish-demand-cues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=55419&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"China: Billet prices ease on bearish demand cues"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Chinese billet prices slipped by RMB 10\/t ($1\/t) d-o-d to RMB 2,930\/t ($421\/t) on 27 Jan&#8217;26, while SHFE rebar futures rose RMB 18\/t ($3\/t) to RMB 3,110\/t ($447\/t).<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"56\" data-end=\"209\">Weak domestic demand amid the winter construction slowdown; steady mill output; ample inventories; and falling production expenses, driven by lower coke costs; pressured billet prices despite positive sentiment due to rising rebar futures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese billet prices slipped by RMB 10\/t ($1\/t) d-o-d to RMB 2,930\/t ($421\/t) on 27&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55420,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[313],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iron-steel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-28T115104.549.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1?v=1769579497",1280,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-28T115104.549.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1?v=1769579497",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-28T115104.549.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1?v=1769579497",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-28T115104.549.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1?v=1769579497",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-28T115104.549.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1?v=1769579497",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-28T115104.549.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1?v=1769579497",1280,720,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-28T115104.549.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1?v=1769579497",1280,720,true],"covernews-slider-full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-28T115104.549.jpg?resize=1115%2C715&ssl=1?v=1769579497",1115,715,true],"covernews-slider-center":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-28T115104.549.jpg?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1?v=1769579497",800,500,true],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-28T115104.549.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1?v=1769579497",1024,576,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-28T115104.549.jpg?resize=540%2C340&ssl=1?v=1769579497",540,340,true],"covernews-medium-square":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-28T115104.549.jpg?resize=400%2C250&ssl=1?v=1769579497",400,250,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Biz Trend 24","author_link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/author\/online24"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?cat=313&#038;lang=en\" rel=\"category\">Iron &amp; Steel<\/a>","tag_info":"Iron &amp; Steel","comment_count":0,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-28T115104.549.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1?v=1769579497","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55140,"url":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=55140&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":55419,"position":0},"title":"China: Billet prices edge up, rebar futures slip on weak demand","author":"Biz Trend 24","date":"January 24, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Chinese billet prices rose RMB 10\/t ($1\/t) d-o-d to RMB 2,940\/t ($422\/t) on 23 Jan'26, while SHFE rebar futures declined RMB 11\/t ($2\/t) to RMB 3,092\/t ($444\/t). 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