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Amendment to this week’s pricing schedule for Egypt steel billet and rebar

Fastmarkets is amending its pricing schedule for Egyptian steel semis and longs for the week of March 12-19 2026, owing to the holiday declared for Eid al-Fitr.

March 18, 2026
By Fastmarkets pricing team
Africa Middle East Pricing notice Steel

The following prices will be published on Wednesday March 18, instead of their scheduled pricing day of March 19.

MB-STE-0516 steel billet, import, cfr Egypt, $ per tonne

MB-STE-0112 steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, exw Egypt, E£ per tonne

Fastmarkets’ pricing holiday calendar has been updated to reflect these changes.

For any questions, or to provide feedback on the amendment of this pricing schedule, please contact pricing@fastmarkets.com and steel@fastmarkets.com with the subject heading “re: pricing schedule for Egypt steel billet and rebar.” Please indicate if your 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, please visit the Fastmarkets methodology page.

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