Limited demand is keeping European plate producers from achieving substantial transaction price increases, sources say.
Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel domestic plate, 8-40mm, exw Southern Europe was ?,?480-495 ($564-582) per tonne on Wednesday October 7, widening upward by ?,?5 per tonne from ?,?480-490 per tonne a week earlier."Italian plate prices are still officially at ?,?500-510 per tonne ex-works with a theoretical upward trend for the future...