Steel Products
August 12, 2013
Steel Indices Methodologies: Why Prices Can Vary
Written by John Packard
Over the past decade more steel indices have emerged in the steel commodities markets. All serve the same objective of providing pricing benchmarks for buyers and sellers of steel – and, in recent years, for the financial settlement of derivative contracts. As the number of indices grew so did the questions surrounding
the validity of the price assessments.


