Delayed publication of India steel price assessments: pricing notice

The publication of Fastmarkets' India steel price assessments for Thursday March 19 were delayed due to a reviewer error. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.

The following India steel prices were published on March 20 after a one-day delay:

MB-STE-0434 Steel hot-dipped galvanized coil domestic, ex-whse India, rupees/tonne
MB-STE-0435 Steel cold-rolled coil domestic, ex-whse India, rupees/tonne
MB-STE-0436 Steel hot-rolled coil domestic, ex-whse India, rupees/tonne
MB-STE-0437 Steel heavy plate domestic, ex-whse India, rupees/tonne
MB-STE-0439 Steel heavy plate 12-40mm export, fob main port India, $/tonne
MB-STE-0440 Steel billet export, fob main port India, $/tonne
MB-STE-0441 Steel hot-dipped galvanized coil export, fob main port India, $/tonne
MB-STE-0442 Steel hot-rolled coil (commodity) export, fob main port India, $/tonne
MB-STE-0443 Steel cold-rolled coil import, cfr main port India, $/tonne
MB-STE-0444 Steel hot-rolled coil import, cfr main port India, $/tonne
MB-STE-0445 Steel hot-rolled coil (CR grade) import, cfr main port India, $/tonne
MB-STE-0446 Steel heavy plate 10-40mm import, cfr main port India, $/tonne
MB-STE-0941 Electrical steel, cold-rolled grain oriented, cfr India, $/tonne
MB-IRO-0023 Direct reduced iron domestic, exw India, rupees/tonne

These prices are a part of the Fastmarkets steel 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 pricing@fastmarkets.com and steel@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “re: India Steel.”

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To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to the Fastmarkets methodology page.

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