Exporters of steel slab from the Commonwealth of Independent States mostly kept their offer prices stable in the week to Tuesday August 25, although some made attempts to achieve a slight increase because of reduced availability.
Customers, however, adopted a wait-and-see attitude while waiting for more clarity to emerge in the scrap and finished flat steel products sectors."The market is a little confused about the direction of prices, actually," a Turkey-based trader said. "Sentiment in the scrap market was negative last week, while demand for...