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PRICING NOTICE: Discontinuation of weekly southern China steel price assessments

Fastmarkets has discontinued its weekly price assessments for long and flat steel products in southern China.

September 23, 2019
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Pricing notice

The decision to discontinue these follows a one-month consultation.

These prices will no longer be available in Fastmarkets’ price book or in the pricing pages of the Fastmarkets Daily PDF.

  • Steel reinforcing bar (rebar) domestic, ex-whs Southern China, yuan/tonne Steel wire rod (mesh quality) domestic, ex-whs Southern China, yuan/tonne
  • Steel sections domestic, ex-whs Southern China, yuan/tonne
  • Steel hot-rolled coil domestic, ex-whs Southern China, yuan/tonne
  • Steel cold-rolled coil domestic, delivered Southern China, yuan/tonne
  • Steel hot-dipped galvanized coil domestic, delivered whs Southern China, yuan/tonne
  • Steel plate domestic, delivered whs Southern China, yuan/tonne


To provide feedback on this delisting or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter, please contact Jessica Zong and Miranda Song by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Jessica Zong/Miranda Song, re: Southern China weekly steel prices.”

To see all of Fastmarkets’ pricing methodology and specification documents, go to https://www.fastmarkets.com/about-us/methodology.

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