Platts to discontinue some EMEA ferrous assessments, change publishing day

Following market feedback, S&P Global Platts will discontinue certain EMEA ferrous assessments from July 15, 2021.

The discontinuations were originally proposed on March 1 in a subscriber note: www.spglobal.com/platts/en/our-methodology/subscriber-notes/030421-platts-corrects-march-1-emea-ferrous-discontinuation-proposal

Based on market feedback received, Platts has decided to continue publishing the following assessments:

SB01162 Medium Sections FOB Turkey

SB01166 Merchant Bar Domestic Europe

Platts will discontinue the following assessments:

SB01146 HRC CFR Persian Gulf Port Import

SB01186 Plate EXW Turkey

SB01200 Rebar Mid East Dom Prod Ex-Works

SB01179 Plate FOB CIS Export

SB01255 Welded pipe FOB Turkey Export

AAXJH00 HR sheet CPT Moscow

STPRA00 Plate CIF Antwerp

AAXFB04 Rebar FOB South Europe

Platts will also change the publication day of the following weekly prices from Friday to Wednesday:

AAXJG00 Rebar CPT Moscow

AAXJI00 HRC CPT Moscow

STCBE00 Rebar EXW Northwest Europe

The assessments are published on a monthly/weekly basis and can be found in the Steel Business Briefing, Platts Market Center, in the Platts price database and Platts Metals Alerts.

Please submit any comments to ferrous_emea@spglobal.com or pricegroup@spglobal.com.