Early publication of US hot-rolled coil index

Fastmarkets' daily price for hot-rolled coil in the US Midwest was published early on Friday August 23 due to an error.

The index was not affected by the early publication.

The following price was affected:

MB-STE-0184 Steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US Midwest, $/cwt

This price is part of Fastmarkets’ carbon steel price package.

For more information or to provide feedback on the early publication of these prices, or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to these prices, please contact Fastmarkets by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Early HRC 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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