27 Feb 2015 | 07:00 UTC — New York

New metals symbols for currency conversion

The following metals symbols have been created to reflect their new currency (USD) to existing symbols. They will be published in the World Steel Review and Market Data category MF: Metals Ferrous Spreads. The expected launch date is March 30, 2015.

MDC
Symbol
Bates
Dec
Freq
Curr
UOM
Description
MF
BRSD000
c
3
DW
USD
MT
Rebar China Billet Spread (CBRS) $/MT
MF
HFSUU00
c
3
WA
USD
MT
Scrap US CME HRC Spread (US SHRCF-CME/TSI) $/MT Wk
MF
HSSUJ00
c
3
DW
USD
MT
Scrap US HRC Spread (US SHRC-Platts) $/MT
MF
CMIUF00
c
3
DW
USD
MT
Scrap US Rebar Spread (US SRS-Platts) $/MT



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