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PRICING NOTICE: Delayed publication of daily European HRC indices

The publication of Fastmarkets’ daily European steel hot-rolled coil (HRC) price indices for July 14 were delayed because of a technical error that interrupted the peer-review process.

July 14, 2021
By Ross Yeo

The Fastmarkets price book and database have both since been updated.

Fastmarkets’ calculation of the steel hot-rolled coil index domestic, exw Northern Europe was €1,176.75 ($1,391.65) per tonne on July 14, up from €1,164 per tonne on July 13.

Fastmarkets’ calculation of the steel hot-rolled coil index domestic, exw Italy was €1,115 per tonne, up from €1,112.5 per tonne the previous day.

For more information or to provide feedback on the delayed publication of this price or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to this index, please contact Maria Tanatar by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading ‘FAO Maria Tanatar re: European HRC indices.’

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

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