PRICING NOTICE: SteelBenchmarker delist update

Fastmarkets AMM has discontinued the SteelBenchmarker price series, effective March 1, 2019.

March 4, 2019

The discontinuation took effect following a 30-day consultation period that started on February 28. Fastmarkets AMM did not receive any feedback about the proposal during that time.

If you have any questions or comments about the change, please contact Thorsten Schier by email at pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading FAO: Thorsten Schier, re: SteelBenchmarker.

All historical data relating to the discontinued price prior to its suspension will remain available in the pricing section of the Fastmarkets AMM website.

To see all of Fastmarkets AMM’s pricing methodology and specification documents, click here.

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