PRICING NOTICE: Daily pricing updates for China domestic steel product benchmarks

Steel First has increased the frequency of three China domestic steel product price assessments from weekly to daily.

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The following prices are now updated on a daily basis in the Steel First price database:

+ Eastern China domestic hot rolled coil (2mm) yuan per tonne del

+ Eastern China domestic rebar yuan per tonne del

+ Tangshan domestic billet yuan per tonne del

For queries, please contact the editor Vera Blei at vblei@steelfirst.com.

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