Import pig iron prices rise in Italy, Turkey as bookings from Ukraine come to light

Recent bookings of Ukrainian pig iron that were done within the past ten days but only came to light this week have pushed up import prices in Italy and Turkey.

Italian customers booked several small cargoes within the range of $510-522 per tonne CFR. A cargo of 8,000 tonnes was booked at $510-513 per tonne CFR, and another 5,000 were...