Platts moves UK hot-rolled coil assessment to Thursday publication

Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, has moved the publication of its weekly UK hot-rolled coil assessment to Thursdays, effective Sept. 1.

The HRC DDP West Midlands assessment was previously assessed weekly on Fridays.

The change was first proposed July 14 in a subscriber note available here: https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/our-methodology/subscriber-notes/071422-platts-proposes-to-move-uk-hot-rolled-coil-assessment-to-thursday-publication

The decision to move to Thursday publication was communicated July 29 in a subscriber note available here: https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/our-methodology/subscriber-notes/072922-platts-to-move-uk-hot-rolled-coil-assessment-to-thursday-publication

The change affects assessment code STHWM04.

The assessment is published in Steel Business Briefing, Steel Price Report, on page PMA1263 of Platts Metals Alert, Platts Dimensions Pro and in the Platts price database.

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