Correction to steel HRC domestic, ex-whs Eastern China on December 24

Fastmarkets has corrected its assessment for MB-STE-0154 steel hot-rolled coil domestic, ex-whs Eastern China on December 24.

The lower end of the MB-STE-0154 steel hot-rolled coil domestic, ex-whs Eastern China yuan per tonne was incorrectly published at 3,290 yuan per tonne due to a typo error. The correct lower end, as confirmed by market sources, should be 3,280 yuan per tonne.

The publication date for the publication on December 25 was also corrected due to a typo arising from the original correction.

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

This price is part of the Fastmarkets steel physical price 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: Steel HRC domestic, ex-whs Eastern China.”

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