The spread between Black Sea export billet and slab prices reached a four-month high on Tuesday September 1, with slab currently exceeding billet by at least $29 per tonne amid better demand and reduced availability.
Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel slab, export, fob Black Sea, CIS, was $430-440 per tonne on Tuesday, widening up by $5 per tonne.Global HRC prices began to recover in second half of May because of robust demand from Asia and the gradual reopening of other destinations after the Covid-19 lockdowns, a producer source told Fastmarkets.
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