12 Mar 2015 | 08:48 UTC — New York

New metals symbols for currency/UOM conversion

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

MDC
Symbol
Bates
Dec
Freq
Curr
UOM
Description
SQ
SB01360
lhc
2
DW
USD
MT
HRC Q235 5.5MM China Dom Prod Shanghai Incl 17%Vat US$/Mt
SQ
SB02198
lhc
2
DW
USD
MT
Rebar HRB400 18-25MM China Dom Prod Beijing Trader Incl 17%Vat US$/Mt

Incl 17%Vat US$/Mt

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