Prices in the CIS export slab market continued to rise in the week to Monday November 18 with new bookings in Turkey being made at higher levels.
Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel slab, export, fob Black Sea, CIS, was $367-370 per tonne on November 18, up from $340-360 per tonne on Monday last week.Rising costs for raw materials, particularly scrap, and increased finished flat steel prices in both the import and export markets,...