Correction to the rationale for steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US Midwest: pricing notice

US HRC pricing notice

Fastmarkets has corrected the rationale for its MB-STE-0184 steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US Midwest, which was published incorrectly on Tuesday September 2 due to the inclusion of an incorrect date.

The rationale for MB-STE-0184 steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US Midwest, had erroneously stated that the index was calculated at $41.50 per cwt on Tuesday August 26. This has been corrected to Tuesday September 2.

The published price is unaffected by this change.

These prices are a 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 this steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US Midwest index, please contact Rachel McGuire by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Rachel McGuire, re: steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US Midwest.”

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 https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology

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