Delayed publication of Black Sea, CIS, Italy pig iron, hot-briquetted iron prices

The publication of Fastmarkets’ assessments for MB-IRO-0002 Pig iron export, fob main port Black Sea, CIS, $/tonne; MB-IRO-0014 Pig iron import, cfr Italy, $/tonne; and MB-FE-0004 Hot-briquetted iron, cfr Italian ports, $/tonne were delayed on Thursday March 5 because of a reporter error. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.

The prices were published at 2:31pm UK time on Friday March 6 instead of the scheduled time of Thursday March 5 by 4pm London.

For more information or to provide feedback on the delayed publication of these prices or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to this price, please contact steel@fastmarkets.com and pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “Re: Pig iron export, fob main port Black Sea, CIS; Pig iron import, cfr Italy; Hot-briquetted iron, cfr Italian ports “.

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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