Delayed publication of steel billet, import, cfr Saudi Arabia

The publication of Fastmarkets’ MB-STE-0940 Steel billet, import, cfr Saudi Arabia for Monday February 23 was delayed due to reporter error. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.

The publication of the affected price was delayed for 2 hours and 5 minutes.

The following price was affected:

MB-STE-0940 Steel billet, import, cfr Saudi Arabia, $/tonne

This price is part of the Fastmarkets steel physical prices package.

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