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Delayed publication of European steel hot-rolled coil indices

The publication of Fastmarkets’ price assessments of steel hot-rolled coil index domestic, exw Italy and steel hot-rolled coil index domestic, exw Northern Europe for Wednesday April 22 was delayed due to a reporter error. The Fastmarkets pricing database has been updated.

April 22, 2026
By Fastmarkets pricing team
Europe Pricing notice

The following prices were affected:
MB-STE-0892 – Steel hot-rolled coil index domestic, exw Italy, €/tonne
MB-STE-0028 – Steel hot-rolled coil index domestic, exw Northern Europe, €/tonne

These prices are part of the Fastmarkets steel package.

For more information or to provide feedback on the delayed publication of this price, or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to these indices, please contact pricing@fastmarkets.com and steel@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “re: European HRC indices.”

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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