PRICING NOTICE: Discontinuation of four weekly domestic Iranian assessments

Following a review of its pricing portfolio, Steel First proposes to discontinue four weekly Iranian domestic commodity price assessments.

July 21, 2014

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These are:

Iran domestic equal angles (30x30x3 to 120x120x12mm), in million rials per tonne, ex-warehouse Tehran.

Iran domestic I-beam (140-180mm), in million rials per tonne, ex-warehouse Tehran.

Iran domestic square hollow sections (20×20 to 100x100mm), in million rials per tonne, ex-warehouse Tehran.

Iran domestic U-beam (60-180mm), in million rials per tonne, ex-stock Tehran.

The last assessments will be published on Wednesday July 30.

If you have any comments on this, please contact editor Vera Blei at vblei@steelfirst.com.

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