Heavy steel plate prices rise again across Europe on good demand, costly slab

European steel plate prices continue to climb on healthy demand and rising slab costs, with the uptrend likely to remain in place in the medium term, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday February 22.

Italy
Italian re-rollers could offer April-rolling plate at €930-950 ($991-1,013) per tonne EXW during the assessment week, while some producers claimed to have already sold out of April volumes.