Amendment to holiday pricing schedule for 15 China ferrous prices

Fastmarkets is amending its holiday pricing schedule for 15 China ferrous prices in 2025.

The following daily prices will not be published during the holidays: January 28-February 4, April 4, May 1-5, June 2 and October 1-8.
MB-STE-0144 Steel hot-rolled coil index export, fob main port China, $/tonne
MB-STE-0152 Steel reinforcing bar (rebar) domestic, ex-whs Eastern China, yuan/tonne
MB-STE-0154 Steel hot-rolled coil domestic, ex-whs Eastern China, yuan/tonne
MB-STE-0157 Steel billet domestic, exw Tangshan, Northern China, yuan/tonne
MB-STE-0923 Flat steel reduced carbon emissions, daily inferred, exw China, yuan/tonne

The following weekly prices will not be published on January 31, April 4 (replacement date April 7), May 2 and October 3, which fall on China public holidays.
MB-STE-0021 Steel hot-dipped galvanized coil domestic, ex-whs Eastern China, yuan/tonne
MB-STE-0149 Steel scrap heavy scrap domestic, delivered mill China, yuan/tonne
MB-STE-0153 Steel cold-rolled coil domestic, ex-whs Eastern China, yuan/tonne
MB-STE-0155 Steel plate domestic, ex-whs Eastern China, yuan/tonne
MB-STE-0158 Steel hot-rolled coil domestic, exw Northern China, yuan/tonne
MB-STE-0161 Steel sections domestic, ex-whs Eastern China, yuan/tonne
MB-FEM-0007 Ferro-manganese 65% Mn min, max 7% C, in-whs China, yuan/tonne

The following weekly prices will not be published on the China public holidays: January 31 (placement date of February 5), April 4 (replacement date April 7), May 2 (replacement date May 6) and October 3 (replacement date October 9).
MB-MNO-0004 Manganese ore semi carbonate port index, 36.5% Mn, fot Tianjin, China, yuan/dmtu
MB-MNO-0005 Manganese ore high grade port index, fot Tianjin China, yuan per dmtu

The following weekly price will not be published on China public holidays: February 3, May 5, June 2 and October 6.
MB-COA-0001 Hard coking coal domestic China spot market, Shanxi-origin, delivered Tangshan, yuan/tonne

Fastmarkets’ pricing holiday calendar has been updated to reflect these changes. You can find the pricing holiday calendar here.

These prices are part of the Fastmarkets steel, scrap, ores & alloys and steel raw materials price packages.

To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology.

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