Carbon Steel

North America

In the U.S. steel sheet market, more than 50% of direct mills shipments are priced against CRU. We have been tracking monthly steel sheet prices for over 25 years and moved to more frequent prices in 2008.

Download our U.S. steel sheet assessments brochure

U.S. Hot-rolled (HR) coil: (Level 2.0)

  • Base price, fob Midwest mill, for spot purchases for forward delivery
  • Commercial quality (prime) material, within standard tolerances
  • In coils of at least 40,000lbs, with standard packaging
  • Extras for gauge and width excluded
  • Delivery charges and taxes excluded
  • Raw materials surcharges (where applicable) included

U.S. Cold-rolled (CR) coil: (Level 2.0)

  • Base price, fob Midwest mill, for spot purchases for forward delivery
  • Commercial quality (prime, annealed and tempered) material, within standard tolerances
  • In coils of at least 20,000lbs, with standard packaging
  • Extras for gauge and width excluded
  • Delivery charges and taxes excluded
  • Raw materials surcharges (where applicable) included

U.S. Hot-dipped galvanised (HDG) coil: (Level 2.0)

  • Base price, fob Midwest mill, for spot purchases for forward delivery
  • Commercial quality hot-dipped galvanised coil within standard tolerances
  • In coils of at least 20,000lbs, with standard packaging
  • Extras for gauge and width excluded
  • Delivery charges and taxes excluded
  • Steelmaking raw materials surcharges (where applicable) included
  • Coating extras excluded

U.S. Plate: (Level 2.0)

  • Base price, fob Midwest mill, for spot purchases for forward delivery
  • ASTM A36 commercial quality plate, in thickness between 3/8 of an inch and 2 inches, width between 72 and 120 inches and length between approximately 240 and 720 inches
  • Extras for length and width excluded
  • Delivery charges and taxes excluded
  • Raw materials surcharges (where applicable) included

Europe

In addition to our weekly Italian Hot-rolled coil index, we will shortly be introducing weekly HRC and CRC price assessments for Germany, France and Spain. For further details, download our European Steel Sheet prices brochure

German Hot-rolled (HR) coil: (Level 1.5)

  • Base price, from parity point within Germany, for spot purchases for forward delivery
  • Commercial quality (prime) material, within standard tolerances
  • In coils of at least 15 tonnes, with standard packaging
  • Extras for gauge and width excluded
  • Delivery charges and taxes excluded
  • Raw materials surcharges (where applicable) are included

French Hot-rolled (HR) coil: (Level 1.5)

  • Base price, from parity point within France, for spot purchases for forward delivery
  • Commercial quality (prime) material, within standard tolerances
  • In coils of at least 15 tonnes, with standard packaging
  • Extras for gauge and width excluded
  • Delivery charges and taxes excluded
  • Raw materials surcharges (where applicable) are included

Italian Hot-rolled (HR) coil: (Level 1.5)

  • Base price, from parity point within Italy, for spot purchases for forward delivery
  • Commercial quality (prime) material, within standard tolerances
  • In coils of at least 15 tonnes, with standard packaging
  • Extras for gauge and width excluded
  • Delivery charges and taxes excluded
  • Raw materials surcharges (where applicable) are included

Spanish Hot-rolled (HR) coil: (Level 1.5)

  • Base price, from parity point within Spain, for spot purchases for forward delivery
  • Commercial quality (prime) material, within standard tolerances
  • In coils of at least 15 tonnes, with standard packaging
  • Extras for gauge and width excluded
  • Delivery charges and taxes excluded
  • Raw materials surcharges (where applicable) are included

German Cold-rolled (CR) coil: (Level 1.5)

  • Base price, from parity point within Germany, for spot purchases for forward delivery
  • Commercial quality (prime, annealed and tempered) material, within standard tolerances
  • In coils of at least 15 tonnes, with standard packaging
  • Extras for gauge and width excluded
  • Delivery charges and taxes excluded
  • Raw materials surcharges (where applicable) are included

French Cold-rolled (CR) coil: (Level 1.5)

  • Base price, from parity point within France, for spot purchases for forward delivery
  • Commercial quality (prime, annealed and tempered) material, within standard tolerances
  • In coils of at least 15 tonnes, with standard packaging
  • Extras for gauge and width excluded
  • Delivery charges and taxes excluded
  • Raw materials surcharges (where applicable) are included

Italian Cold-rolled (CR) coil: (Level 1.5)

  • Base price, from parity point within Italy, for spot purchases for forward delivery
  • Commercial quality (prime, annealed and tempered) material, within standard tolerances
  • In coils of at least 15 tonnes, with standard packaging
  • Extras for gauge and width excluded
  • Delivery charges and taxes excluded
  • Raw materials surcharges (where applicable) are included

Spanish Cold-rolled (CR) coil: (Level 1.5)

  • Base price, from parity point within Spain, for spot purchases for forward delivery
  • Commercial quality (prime, annealed and tempered) material, within standard tolerances
  • In coils of at least 15 tonnes, with standard packaging
  • Extras for gauge and width excluded
  • Delivery charges and taxes excluded
  • Raw materials surcharges (where applicable) are included

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