Fastmarkets clarifies holiday schedule for certain Latin America, Brazil steel prices

Fastmarkets is clarifying the holiday publication schedule for certain Latin America and Brazil steel prices.

The following prices will be published the next business day following a holiday. For example, the assessments normally slated for publication on May Day, Friday May 1, will be published on Monday May 4.

MB-STE-0007 Steel hot-rolled coil, domestic, weekly, exw Brazil, Reais per tonne
MB-STE-0005 Steel cold-rolled coil, domestic, weekly, exw Brazil, Reais per tonne
MB-STE-0006 Steel hot-dipped galvanized coil, domestic weekly, exw Brazil, Reais per tonne
MB-STE-0008 Steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, weekly, exw Brazil, Reais per tonne.
MB-STE-0101 Steel plate import, cfr main ports South America, $/tonne
MB-STE-0102 Steel hot-rolled coil import, cfr main ports South America, $/tonne
MB-STE-0103 Steel cold-rolled coil import, cfr main ports South America, $/tonne
MB-STE-0104 Steel hot-dipped galvanized coil import, cfr main ports South America, $/tonne
MB-STE-0128 Steel billet export, fob main port Latin America, $/tonne
MB-STE-0130 Steel wire rod (mesh quality) export, fob main port Latin America, $/tonne
MB-STE-0132 Steel cold-rolled coil export, fob main port Latin America, $/tonne
MB-STE-0133 Steel hot-rolled coil (dry) export, fob main port Latin America, $/tonne
MB-STE-0134 Steel heavy plate (thicker than 10mm) export, fob main port Latin America, $/tonne
MB-STE-0566 Steel slab export, fob main port Brazil, $/tonne
MB-STE-0850 Steel coil Galvalume import, cfr main ports South America, $/tonne

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

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