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Correction to European heavy plate prices on March 27

Fastmarkets has corrected its MB-STE-0034 steel domestic plate 8-40mm, exw Northern Europe and MB-STE-0035 Steel domestic plate 8-40mm, exw Southern Europe assessments, which were published incorrectly on Wednesday March 27.

March 27, 2024
By Holly Chant
Europe Flat products Pricing notice Steel

MB-STE-0034 steel domestic plate 8-40mm, exw Northern Europe was amended from €780-800 per tonne to €770-800 per tonne. MB-STE-0035 Steel domestic plate 8-40mm, exw Southern Europe was amended from €720-750 per tonne to €720-740 per tonne.

Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated to reflect this change.

These prices are part of the Fastmarkets Steel Price Package.

For more information or to provide feedback on this correction notice or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to these indices, please contact Holly Chant by email at pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Holly Chant, re: European heavy plate prices.”

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To see all Fastmarkets’ pricing methodology and specification documents go to https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology.

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