Shortage: A worker holds steel bars as he walks at the construction site of a new apartment in Jakarta, Indonesia. Steel prices in Malaysia have shot up. — Reuters
FROM a chronic oversupply situation just months ago, there is now a sudden shortage of steel in Malaysia, causing a rapid rise in prices.
The shortage stems from drastically lower imports of the commodity from China, due to the increasing demand for steel there, according to industry experts.
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