Delayed publication of CIS steel slab, flat steel and wire rod assessments

The publication of Fastmarkets’ CIS steel slab, wire rod, hot-rolled and cold-rolled coil assessments was postponed by one day due to a public holiday in Ukraine on Monday July 15.

The assessments were published on Tuesday July 16 and while this was scheduled was intended, the holiday had been erroneously omitted from the Fastmarkets holiday pricing schedule.

The schedule has been updated to include the holiday.

Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.

The affected indices were:
MB-STE-0017 Steel wire rod (mesh quality) export, fob Black Sea, CIS, $/tonne
MB-STE-0016 Steel slab export, fob Black Sea, CIS, $/tonne
MB-STE-0014 Steel hot-rolled coil export, fob Black Sea, CIS, $/tonne
MB-STE-0012 Steel cold-rolled coil export, fob Black Sea, CIS, $/tonne

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 assessments, please contact Marina Shulga by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Marina Shulga, re: CIS slab flat and long steel assessments.”

Please indicate if comments are confidential. Fastmarkets will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available upon request.

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

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