Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday March 6 that are worth another look.

While hot-rolled coil prices in the United States remain mostly steady, market participants are increasingly unsettled over what the spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) may portend for the domestic steel market.

Without fresh major stimulus announcements, markets have turned risk-off again this morning, Friday March 6.

Fastmarkets is proposing to amend the quality of its China plate export price assessment to A36 from the current Q235B.

With the exception of that for lead, base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were down during the morning trading session on Friday March 6 amid a persistent risk-off mood among investors.

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday March 5 that are worth another look.

Due to a spreadsheet error, the US Average price for Manifold (Preconsumer) White Ledger (41) was published incorrectly Mar. 5 as $169/ton in the Fastmarkets RISI online portal and mobile app. The correct price is $170/ton. All databases have now been corrected. For any questions, please contact pricing.risi@fastmarkets.com.

One key change is coming to the Random Lengths lumber price guide effective with the April 3, 2020, issue. Prices of Appearance Grade 2×4 8-foot in Western S-P-F, Coast dry Douglas Fir, and Inland Hem-Fir will be added to the stud section on page 5 of the 14-page weekly report. This product will reflect premium […]

Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in Northern Europe have been stable, supported by a lack of competitive import offers and good order books at domestic steelmakers, market sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday March 5.

Société le Nickel will halt operations at its Thio nickel mine in New Caledonia to protect the site and its employees while fresh industrial action continues to jeopardise already-embattled operations, the company said on Thursday March 5.