ASIA HRC: Vietnam books at least four cargoes of HRC

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Buyers booked at least four cargoes of imported HRC on a cfr Vietnam basis in the week to Monday October 19, with Russia, China and Kazakhstan among the main suppliers, sources told Fastmarkets. One buyer bought a large cargo of steel for pipemaking from Russia’s Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) at $510 per tonne cfr Vietnam. Part of the January-shipment cargo, or around 30,000 tonnes, was fixed by a South Korean trader. Another buyer was heard to have bought a pipemaking-grade cargo from a major steelmaker’s Kazakhstan facility at the same price.