Brazil's slab export prices up on high costs, low supply

Export prices for Brazil-origin slab increased in the week ended on Friday August 14, although few volumes were traded during the period.

Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel slab, export, fob main port Brazil reached $415-425 per tonne on Friday, up by $10-15 from $405-410 per tonne a week earlier.
There have been sparse deals for Brazilian slab at increasingly higher prices, within a range of $415-420 per tonne fob.

Clients for Brazilian material included North America and Turkey. China remained...

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