UNITED KINGDOM October 12 2015 1:40 PM
LONDON (Scrap Register): Northern Europe hot rolled cold (HRC) steel prices remained flat week-on-week at €371 per ton in the week ended September 25, as per the latest figures released by 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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