Brazilian slab export prices drop on weaker sentiment

Brazilian slab export prices declined during the week ended Friday September 3 amid lower deals seen in the last days of August and lower international slab prices.

Fastmarkets' weekly assessment for steel slab, export, fob main port Brazil was $870-900 per tonne on Friday, down by $20-50 from $900-920 per tonne the previous week.

Companies were mostly analyzing the market before making new offers...

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