“Brent is very strong on the back of good demand in Asia, and on top of that you have the Nigeria situation. We still don't know the implications of the Iran situation for the oil market.”
Alexandre Kervinio
“Demand was particularly strong from airlines in Asia and the Middle East, supported by generally healthy global economic activity, growing air traffic, and upward trending financial results of many air carriers in those regions.”
Roman Szuper
“We still see good demand for galvanized steel in Asia, particularly in China. China was the world's biggest exporter of zinc till recently. Now there are reports of scarce zinc concentrates.”
Peter Richardson
“There is robust demand for Japanese goods from the U.S. and Asia.”
Takuji Aida
“There is strong commodity demand still emerging from Asia, which is expected to grow further as most of the demand is emanating from developing economies.”
Bharat Sheth
“We see strong demand from East Asia. Many countries have not passed (the price rise) totally to the consumers. That might slow it down a little when they do it,”
Saudi Arabia
“These pressures have flowed through Asia and into our domestic markets. This is not a global steel demand issue - it is a regional over-production and steel supply issue.”
Kirby Adams