Argus Global Steel provides independent price assessments covering the most commonly traded steel products, including; flat, long, semi-finished and stainless steel.  The service also offers market commentary, news, downloadable data and interactive customisable dashboards. 

Key benchmark price indexes include Argus FOB China hot-rolled coils (HRC) and Argus NWE HRC, as well as many other important price assessments used by mills, processors, end-users and traders around the world. 

If your business is focused on steel, this is the service for you, providing focused pricing insights to enable you to make informed decisions with confidence. 

Key features

Prices

200 finished and semi-finished steel prices covering HRC, cold-rolled coils (CRC) , hot-dipped galvanised (HDG), plate, slab, billet, rebar, wire rod, and stainless steel.

Interactive dashboards

Editor-curated workspaces bring together steel content by region as well as a comprehensive global views of the flat and long products markets.

Global services

A global service with teams in Asia, Australia, Africa, Europe and the Americas.

Market moving news

Breaking news from the world’s steel markets, wherever you are.

Downloadable industry data

Access to downloadable data covering steel imports and exports, production and pricing.

Unrivalled methodology

Argus Global Steel is underpinned by the most robust, transparent and credible methodology, developed with the industry to ensure our price assessments are a true reflection of how the markets trade.

Customers that benefit

The Argus Global Steel service provides a comprehensive view of the steel markets in the context of the global industry. Below are examples of how some clients use this service:
  • Manufacturers of steel

    Manufacturers of steel Use Argus Global Steel price data to index sales contracts to the market, ensuring their customer agreements are durable over time and resilient in volatile markets.
  • Processors

    Processors who process coils and sell to end-users to process into sheet and length and sell to downstream end-users use Argus Global Steel to plan sales and hedging strategies.
 
  • End-users

    End-users use unbiased price indexes to negotiate contracts and plan purchasing strategies to ensure security of supply.
  • Traders

    Traders identify arbitrage opportunities and sales, linked to Argus indexes, reassured by the knowledge that our assessments are impartial, robust and reliable for a wide range of steel products.

Key price assessments

Argus steel prices are recognised by the market as trusted and reliable indicators of the real market value. Explore some of our most widely used and relevant price assessments within the global steel market, including the Northwest EU HRC and China HRC prices used by leading global exchanges to settle futures contracts.