Amendment to European steel plate price assessments: pricing notice

After a month-long consultation period, Fastmarkets has amended the publication day of its weekly European steel domestic plate and import plate assessments from Wednesday to Thursday, to better align with related markets.

The amended specifications are listed below (changes in italics):

MB-STE-0034 Steel domestic plate 8-40mm, exw Northern Europe, €/tonne
Quality: S235JR, width 2,500mm, length 12,000mm, thickness 8-40mm (excluding extras for dimensions)
Quantity: 100-5,000 tonnes
Location: ex-works Northern Europe
Timing: Up to 6 weeks
Unit: €/tonne
Publication: Weekly. Thursday, 2-3pm London time

MB-STE-0035 Steel domestic plate 8-40mm, exw Southern Europe, €/tonne
Quality: S235JR, width 2,500mm, length 12,000mm, thickness 8-40mm (excluding extras for dimensions)
Quantity: 100-5,000 tonnes
Location: ex-works Southern Europe
Timing: Up to 6 weeks
Unit: €/tonne
Publication: Weekly. Thursday, 2-3pm London time

MB-STE-0049 Steel plate (8-40mm) import, cfr main port Northern Europe, €/tonne
Quality: S235JR, width 2,500mm, length 12,000mm, thickness 8-40mm
Quantity: 1,000-5,000 tonnes
Location: cfr Northern Europe
Timing: 8-12 weeks
Unit: €/tonne
Publication: Weekly. Thursday, 2-3pm London time

MB-STE-0050 Steel plate (8-40mm) import, cfr main port Southern Europe, €/tonne
Quality: S235JR, width 2,500mm, length 12,000mm, thickness 8-40mm
Quantity: 1,000-5,000 tonnes
Location: cfr Southern Europe
Timing: 8-12 weeks
Unit: €/tonne
Publication: Weekly. Thursday, 2-3pm London time

These prices are a part of the Fastmarkets steel package.

To provide feedback on these assessments or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to these prices, please contact Holly Chant by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Holly Chant, re: EU plate 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 https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology.

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