Podcast: EU spot price for hot-rolled coil (HRC) hits 3-month high

Francis Browne, global managing editor of iron and steel and Julien Hall, European steel markets editor, discuss a rise in the spot prices of flat-rolled steel products in Western Europe, as Italian and Central EU mills gradually withdrew from the market, leaving buyers with little choice but to book from higher-priced large integrated mills; and hot-rolled coil (HRC) hits a 3 month high.