Russia flat steel mart steady; mills eye rises

摘要

While domestic flat steel prices in Russia have been fairly stable over the past week, mills intended to impose rises in September based on bullish export activity; still, buyers were skeptical about this because local demand has started to slow, sources told Fastmarkets on Monday August 31. Fastmarkets’ weekly price assessment for steel hot-rolled sheet, domestic, cpt Moscow, Russia remained at 42,000-43,000 roubles ($567-580) per tonne including 20% value-added tax on Tuesday September 1, unchanged week on week.