Delayed publication of Turkish, EU and UK scrap indices

The publication of several Fastmarkets steel scrap indices for the UK, European and Turkish markets were delayed on Monday September 15 because of a reporter error.

Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.

The affected prices were:

MB-STE-0416 – Steel scrap HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix) North Europe origin, cfr Turkey, $/tonne
MB-STE-0417 – Steel scrap HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix) US origin, cfr Turkey, $/tonne
MB-STE-0894 – Steel scrap HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), month-to-date deal-weighted average, North Europe origin, cfr Turkey, $/tonne
MB-STE-0100 – Steel scrap HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix) export, fob main port UK, $/tonne
MB-STE-0099 – Steel scrap shredded export, fob main port UK, $/tonne
MB-STE-0095 – Steel scrap shredded, import, cfr Turkish port, $/tonne
MB-STE-0420 – Steel scrap HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), fob Rotterdam, $/tonne

These prices are a part of the Fastmarkets scrap 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 prices, please contact Cem Türken by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Cem Türken, re: EU, UK and Turkey scrap 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 https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology.

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