In the transforming raw materials landscape, having the right information can help you maximize revenue, increase efficiency and manage risk. Platts brings clarity to the steelmaking raw materials industry so you can make smarter and faster decisions.
Platts SBB Steel Markets Daily provides transparent daily and weekly assessments of iron ore, coking coal, coke, ferrous scrap and ferroalloys prices, plus insightful analysis and commentary on the day’s market activities.
With more than 80 price assessments published daily and weekly, with global coverage of news and markets, you can make critical decisions with complete confidence.
Benefits
Platts SBB Steel Markets Daily turns industry news into actionable insights. Its concentrated insights improve your ability to leverage critical information to help you work smarter and manage risk even more confidently. Negotiate better contracts, trade at the most competitive price, save time with centralized access to all pricing data that's pivotal to the steelmaking raw materials markets and acquire intelligence about your competitors.
Platts SBB Steel Markets Daily delivers:
- Daily raw material price assessments allowing traders to establish independent prices for long and short term contracts and help purchasers to negotiate better
- Market commentary and news from the world’s major trading hubs help purchasers and producers understand what might be influencing the market today.
- Analysis of market fundamentals lets traders know what’s happening along the supply chain to help them spot trends and form future pricing strategies, and helps purchasers manage their inventory levels
- Reports on government activities such as policy, trade actions and legislation with analysis from Platts on how this affects the raw materials market can enable Producers to adjust business plans and provides Risk Managers with more situational awareness
- Breaking news can allow people all along the supply to chain to react to rapidly changing market conditions
Features
Backed by Platts’ unrivalled team of industry specialists, Platts SBB Steel Markets Daily features:
- Daily raw material price assessments from the world's critical markets, including coking coal and coke, ferrous scrap, ferroalloys, ore fines and an iron ore paper swap daily forward curve
- Platts IODEX and TSI iron ore benchmarks in one consolidated report
- Access to Platts SBB Price Analyzer – online graphing and price comparison tool
- Analysis of market fundamentals that influence the entire raw materials industry
- Platts SBB Raw Materials Xtra - monthly news and features update
- Platts SBB Insight - fortnightly feature articles covering different aspects of the steel industry
Platts SBB Steel Markets Daily provides you with specialized commentary, including comprehensive daily and weekly articles and news briefs on each of the critical markets-plus access to historical prices for iron ore, coking coal, scrap and other products.
You’ll also have access to over 80 daily and weekly spot market prices and monthly averages from trading hubs in Europe, North America and Asia, including:
- Platts - daily iron ore (IODEX), FOB netbacks, freight differentials, rolling monthly averages and OTC swaps assessment with commentary
- TSI - daily iron ore, FOB netbacks, freight differentials, five day, monthly and quarterly rolling averages with commentary
- Platts and TSI Ferrous Scrap - daily prices, news and commentary with monthly averages (Europe/Turkey, Asia and the Americas)
- Coking coal daily prices, news and commentary with dry bulk freight assessments and monthly averages
- Coke – daily price, news and commentary
- Ferroalloys – daily manganese and moly oxide price assessments, news and commentary with weekly averages for cobalt, ferrochrome, ferromanganese, ferromolybdenum, ferrosilicon, ferrovanadium and others
Market Data - Metals
The price data listed in Platts SBB Steel Markets Daily are also available in data-point format for easy import and analysis. This is the most efficient, most reliable way to receive our industry-standard benchmark assessments.
For a modest additional cost, upgrade your subscription to include Market Data – Metals. With a click of a mouse you'll have access to the latest, most-accurate metals price assessments in data-point format. Market Data – Metals also provides you with end-of-day assessments, third-party data, and a rolling 45-day historical database for key assessments. For further information, please contact Platts Sales.
Purchase and Delivery Options
Standard Access
Platts SBB Steel Markets Daily is delivered in PDF format via email. You also can download issues in PDF format at Platts.com. You’ll have access to Platts SBB Raw Materials Xtra and Platts SBB Insight, as well as the Platts SBB Price Analyzer.
Archive Access (part of standard access)
Gain access to past articles from back issues of Platts SBB Steel Markets Daily. This valuable resource will allow you to search for and analyze useful information and create your own customized reference on issues that interest you. You'll always find what you're looking for, because our archives are easily searchable -- just enter key words, company names, a date range, or an industry, and specify which publications you wish to search.
Premium Access
All of the above with the ability to download data from Platts SBB Price Analyzer.
Multi-user Subscriptions
The price of this product is based on one user in one location. Many clients purchase multiple subscriptions to ensure their entire staff has access to Platts’ information. We can work with you to ensure that we appropriately license your staff and put in place the correct discount levels as well as ensure that our distribution methods meet your specific needs. For details, contact your nearest Platts office.