EUROPE HDG: Domestic prices under pressure from low demand

Domestic prices for hot-dipped galvanized coil (HDG) have been fairly stable over the past week in Europe despite poor demand, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday June 10.

Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel HDG, domestic, exw Northern Europe, was ?,?490-505 ($554-571) per tonne ex-works on June 10, compared with ?,?490-510 per tonne ex-works a week earlier.
The assessment was based on offers and achievable prices heard in the market.

And Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel HDG, domestic, exw Southern Europe,...

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