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Correction to rationale of steel hot-rolled coil index domestic, exw Northern Europe

Fastmarkets has corrected the rationale for its MB-STE-0028 steel hot-rolled coil index domestic, exw Northern Europe, which was published incorrectly on Wednesday February 25, due to a typographical error.

February 25, 2026
By Fastmarkets pricing team
Europe hot-rolled coil Pricing notice

The rationale for MB-STE-0028 steel hot-rolled coil index domestic, exw Northern Europe had erroneously stated that a buyer source had reported an offer at €710-730 per tonne EXW. This has been corrected to €720-730 per tonne EXW.

The published price is unaffected by this change.

This price is a 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 this price, please contact pricing@fastmarkets.com and steelrawmaterials@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “re: HRC Index Northern Europe.”

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 the Fastmarkets methodology page.

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