Southern European HRC Steel prices stay flat at €333 per ton

UNITED KINGDOM October 07 2015 3:25 PM

LONDON (Scrap Register): The Southern European hot rolled cold (HRC) steel prices stayed flat week-on-week at €332 per ton ex-works in the week ended September 25, as per the latest figures from the Steel Index. 

According to TSI, European HR coil benchmark experienced a see-saw week with spot prices falling heavily to new record low’s earlier in the week before recovering a few euros higher. 

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Italian re-roller Marcegaglia announced it would make ‘minor adjustments’ to prices for steel products, following an updated price list earlier this year. 

According to Platts reports, the re-roller said demand fundamentals had remained sound but fears over falling steelmaking costs meant buyers remained cautious. 

Indeed, other purchasers noted that a softening of HR coil prices in Asia had also side-lined many in Europe, in the hope that domestic steel prices would follow suit downwards.

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