New round of slab purchases in Italy not expected until mid-June

The Italian slab market was mostly quiet in the week to Friday June 2, with another round of sales not expected until mid-June, sources told Fastmarkets.

Fastmarkets’ weekly price assessment for steel slab, import, cif Italy was stable at $600-620 per tonne on June 2.

The market was quiet during the assessment week with no sales...