CIS export steel slab prices continued to increase in the week to Monday July 27, supported by the revival of trading activity in the Turkish market.
Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel slab, export, fob Black Sea, CIS, was $400 per tonne on July 27, up from $385-390 per tonne week on week.In the first half of last week, several cargoes of Ukrainian slab totaling 45,000 tonnes were heard sold to Turkey at $410 per tonne cfr. According to market participants, this would be equivalent to $400 per tonne...