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    Mexico will remain a net importer of finished steel and is facing a challenge, with its scrap deficit expected to swell by 2025, a McKinsey & Co executive said.

    Domestic prices for steel hot-rolled coil increased substantially across Europe over the week to Friday March 26 while transaction prices in Northern Europe have reached a new multi-year high.

    Domestic prices for steel rebar in Russia’s Central Federal District around Moscow increased again over the past week, driven by improving demand, sources told Fastmarkets on Monday March 29.

    Fastmarkets’ premium for the supply of aluminium to main Japanese ports (MJP) in the second quarter of 2021 has settled at $148-149 per tonne on top of the London Metal Exchange cash price, the highest since the second quarter of 2015.

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