Delayed publication of Turkish, EU, UK scrap indices

The publication of several Fastmarkets steel scrap indices for the UK, European and Turkish markets was delayed on Thursday October 2 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, $ per tonne
MB-STE-0417 Steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), US origin, cfr Turkey, $ per tonne
MB-STE-0894 Steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), month-to-date deal-weighted average, North Europe origin, cfr Turkey, $ per tonne
MB-STE-0100 Steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), export, fob main port UK, $ per tonne
MB-STE-0099 Steel scrap shredded, export, fob main port UK, $ per tonne
MB-STE-0095 Steel scrap shredded, import, cfr Turkish port, $ per tonne
MB-STE-0420 Steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), fob Rotterdam, $ per tonne

These prices are part of the Fastmarkets scrap 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 Cem Türken by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Cem Türken, re: EU, UK and Turkey scrap indices.”

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

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