Fastmarkets' weekly price assessments for the CIS export steel market will not be published on May 3 or 4 because of recent changes to the public holiday schedule in Ukraine. Instead, the prices will be published on May 5.
The prices affected will be:
MB-STE-0012 Steel cold-rolled coil, export, fob Black Sea, CIS, $ per tonneMB-STE-0013 Steel heavy plate, 8-50mm, export, fob Black Sea, CIS, $ per tonneMB-STE-0014 Steel hot-rolled coil, export, fob Black Sea, CIS, $ per tonneMB-STE-0015 Steel reinforcing bar (rebar), export, fob Black Sea, CIS, $ per tonneMB-STE-0016 Steel slab, export, fob Black Sea, CIS, $ per tonneMB-STE-0017 Steel wire rod (mesh quality), export, fob Black Sea, CIS, $ per tonne
In addition, Russia has announced that May 1-10 will be a public holiday. Therefore, Fastmarkets' weekly price assessments for the Russian domestic steel market will be rolled over on Tuesday May 4 (following the UK public holiday on May 3, which is a non-publishing day).
The prices affected will be:
MB-STE-0064 Steel cold-rolled sheet, domestic, cpt Moscow, Russia, roubles per tonne incl. VATMB-STE-0065 Steel hot-rolled sheet, domestic, cpt Moscow, Russia, roubles per tonne incl. VATMB-STE-0514 Steel plate, domestic, cpt Moscow, Russia, roubles per tonne incl. VATMB-STR-0066 Steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, cpt Moscow, Russia, roubles per tonne incl. VAT
For more information, or to provide feedback on the delayed publication of these prices, or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to these prices, please contact Ross Yeo by email at
pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading: 'FAO: Ross Yeo, Delayed publication of CIS export steel prices.'
To see all Fastmarkets' pricing methodology and specification documents, go to:
https://www.fastmarkets.com/about-us/methodology.