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Today's Top Platts Steel News

7 Mar 14

Black Sea coil export prices may soften on weaker sentiment

The first week of March saw little activity in the Black Sea coils market as major CIS steelmakers had earlier sold out their March rolling volumes and are expected to take positions for next month only next week, sources told Platts.

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Chinese HRC soft on both domestic and export markets

Turkish rebar buyers digest hikes after higher scrap offers

Emirates Steel carries over rebar price to March

Japan’s ordinary steel imports at 16-year high in January

China sets GDP at 7.5% for 2014, steel growth to slow

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