Fastmarkets invited feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for its MB-STE-0185 steel cold-rolled coil, fob mill US, $/cwt; MB-STE-0186 steel hot-dipped galvanized coil (cold-rolled base), fob mill US, $/cwt; and MB-STE-0172 steel cut-to-length plate carbon grade, fob mill US, $/cwt between April 10 and May 10, 2024. This consultation was done as part of our published annual methodology review process.

Fastmarkets launches MB-STE-0914 steel coil 55% Al-Zn coated steel import, South Korean-made, ddp Gulf Ports, and MB-STE-0915 steel coil 55% Al-Zn coated steel import, non-South Korean-made, ddp Gulf Ports on Tuesday April 16.

Fastmarkets is inviting feedback from the industry on the pricing methodologies for the following assessments: steel cold-rolled coil, fob mill US; steel hot-dipped galvanized coil (cold-rolled base), fob mill US; and steel cut-to-length plate carbon grade, fob mill US as part of its announced annual methodology review process.

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.

Fastmarkets proposes to launch two assessments, steel coil Galvalume import South Korean-made, ddp Gulf Ports, $/cwt and steel coil Galvalume import non-South Korean-made, ddp Gulf Ports, $/cwt.

Fastmarkets has discontinued its Russian domestic steel prices as of Thursday October 5, 2023.

Publication of Fastmarkets’ daily domestic steel hot-rolled coil indices in Northern Europe and Italy on Wednesday September 20 took place earlier than scheduled due to an error.

Uncertainty arising from a potential strike at one or more of the Big Three automakers is at the forefront of the US flat-rolled market, upstaging the mill outage season that is currently underway, sources told Fastmarkets

The publication of Fastmarkets’ European flat steel assessments for Wednesday August 9 was delayed due to a technical issue.

The publication of several Fastmarkets’ steel, scrap and manganese ore prices for Friday August 4 were delayed due to a technical issue.