Delayed publication of European steel heavy plate assessments

The publication of Fastmarkets' European domestic and import heavy steel plate price assessments for Thursday August 21 was delayed because of an issue during the approval process. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.

The publication of Fastmarkets’ European heavy plate price assessments was delayed by 51 minutes.

The prices impacted by the delayed publication were the following:

MB-STE-0034 Steel domestic plate 8-40mm, exw Northern Europe, €/tonne

MB-STE-0035 Steel domestic plate 8-40mm, exw Southern Europe, €/tonne

MB-STE-0049 Steel plate (8-40mm) import, cfr main port Northern Europe, €/tonne

MB-STE-0050 Steel plate (8-40mm) import, cfr main port Southern Europe, €/tonne

These assessments are a part of the Fastmarkets steel price package.

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 these prices, please contact Holly Chant by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Holly Chant, re: European heavy steel plate.”

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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