Correction to EU flat steel price assessments on December 17

Fastmarkets has corrected its MB-STE-0027 steel cold-rolled coil domestic, exw Southern Europe; MB-STE-0031 steel hot-dipped galvanized coil domestic, exw Southern Europe; and MB-STE-0030 steel hot-dipped galvanized coil domestic, exw Northern Europe price assessments, which were published incorrectly on December 17.

December 17, 2025

By Fastmarkets pricing team

Europe Flat products Pricing notice Steel

MB-STE-0027 Steel cold-rolled coil domestic, exw Southern Europe, €/tonne was incorrectly published as €710-750 per tonne, now corrected to €730-750 per tonne.

MB-STE-0031 Steel hot-dipped galvanized coil domestic, exw Southern Europe, €/tonne was incorrectly published as €700-730 per tonne, now corrected to €730-750 per tonne.

MB-STE-0030 Steel hot-dipped galvanized coil domestic, exw Northern Europe, €/tonne was incorrectly published as €710-745 per tonne, now corrected to €735-745 per tonne.

Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated to reflect this change.

These prices are part of the Fastmarkets steel package.

For more information or to provide feedback on this correction notice or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to these prices, please contact pricing@fastmarkets.com and steel@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “re: EU flat steel price assessments.”

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