Brazil pig iron export market slow but suppliers optimistic

Brazil's pig iron export market was quiet during the week to Friday August 21, but suppliers remain optimistic amid full order books, sources told Fastmarkets.

Fastmarkets assessed the price of pig iron, export, fob port of Vitoria/Rio, Brazil at $343-348 per tonne on Friday, up from $340 per tonne one week earlier.

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