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Early publication and amendment to CIS semi-finished, flat, long steel prices

Fastmarkets' CIS semis, flats and longs prices were published earlier than scheduled, on June 1 instead of June 2, due to a reporter error.

June 3, 2026
By Fastmarkets pricing team
Europe Pricing notice

The affected prices were:

MB-STE-0014 – Steel hot-rolled coil export, fob Black Sea, CIS, $/tonne

MB-STE-0012 – Steel cold-rolled coil export, fob Black Sea, CIS, $/tonne

MB-STE-0016 – Steel slab export, fob Black Sea, CIS, $/tonne

MB-STE-0017 – Steel wire rod (mesh quality) export, fob Black Sea, CIS, $/tonne

Fastmarkets has also amended its future holiday schedule for the same prices, due to this particular date being removed as a public holiday in Ukraine amid the Russia-Ukraine war.

These prices are part of the Fastmarkets’ steel package.

For more information or to provide feedback on the publication of this price or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to this price, please contact pricing@fastmarkets.com and steel@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “re: CIS semis and flats, and CIS semis and longs prices”.

Please indicate if comments are confidential. Fastmarkets will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available upon request.

To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to the Fastmarkets Methodology page.

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