Activity in the export pig iron market out of the Commonwealth of Independent States was minimal in the week to Thursday October 8, although market participants reported some small-volume deals.
Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for high-manganese pig iron, export, fob main port Black Sea, CIS was $346-360 per tonne on Thursday, widening from $350-355 per tonne a week earlier.That was well above the level of the latest sale to China from the CIS, which was completed for Russia-origin material at $381-383 per tonne cfr to an international trader. This is equivalent to about...