Steel sheet prices are often volatile in any given year. Like other markets, this volatility has become extreme alongside the pandemic-related supply chain disruptions.

While sheet prices have started to fall from the 2021 record high, excessive price volatility is far from over. In fact, for HDG coil products, price volatility has intensified.

Read how steel producers, processors, and consumers may find benefit in learning how they can use CME Group’s suite of futures products to better manage their price risk exposure with HR and HDG coil products.


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