Semi-soft starts to settle in the 'early 80s dollars/t'

摘要

Semi-soft settlements are starting to flow between Australian suppliers and Japanese steel mills, with new pricing outcomes - although complicated by carryover cancellation - emerging largely in the 82 dollars-83 dollars/t FOB range. That would represent a reduction of around 65 percent on last year's semi-soft 'reference' price of 240 dollars/t FOB, but sources hasten to add that deals are likely to vary between suppliers and steel mills, some widely.