Official offers for domestic heavy plate in Italy were heard at €540-550 ($641-653) per tonne ex-works, about €40-50 per tonne higher than the offers heard in the market.
“Italy now is [expecting to see prices of] €550 per tonne ex-works for 2021 production heavy plate, but I think that will be only the very first step, because prices will need to be higher to take current slab costs into account,” an...