08
Mar
12:55
Italian plate prices decline amid slow demand, imports
Italian plate prices are declining in some contracts amid a sluggish market. Large buyers continue to be absent and sales are being implemented only for small tonnages, sources tell Kallanish.
Distributors say they are all waiting. There is low-priced imported material being offered and sold at Italian ports at the equivalent of €690-700/tonne ($765) cfr for the high S355 grade. Since mid-February, demand has become particularly quiet.
Italian mills are offi…
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Very good overview of the weekly steel market.
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