Zharfahan encyclopedia
A growing English guide library covering benchmarks, grades, inspection and delivered costs for international buyers sourcing steel from Iran.
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Global marketsDecision guide · 5 min
Platts publishes commodity price assessments and market specifications through S&P Global Commodity Insights. Each symbol has a defined technical and commercial basis. Identify the exact product, quality, location, timing and trade terms represented by an assessment before comparing it with your purchase.
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Iran marketDecision guide · 5 min
Iranian steel prices reflect feedstock and energy costs, capacity, commodity-exchange supply, project demand, dealer inventory, currency, trade and financing, each with different lags. Identify whether cost, supply, demand, currency or expectations are currently dominant, distinguishing causes from coincident movements.
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Buying guidesDecision guide · 5 min
Steel procurement links requirement definition, comparable quotations, supplier evaluation, ordering, inspection, transport and acceptance. Errors at one stage pass into the next. Combine technical needs, commercial terms, documents and acceptance criteria into one controlled package before issuing the RFQ.
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Global marketsDecision guide · 5 min
Platts publishes commodity price assessments and market specifications through S&P Global Commodity Insights. Each symbol has a defined technical and commercial basis. Identify the exact product, quality, location, timing and trade terms represented by an assessment before comparing it with your purchase.
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Global marketsDecision guide · 5 min
Market on Close, or MOC, organizes market information around a specified assessment time so verifiable bids, offers and trades can be compared on defined terms. Understand why timing, executability and transparent offers matter at the assessment close, and the limits of conclusions drawn from one MOC value.
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Global marketsDecision guide · 5 min
A steel price combines a number with a definition: dollars per tonne or toman per kilogram, ex-mill or delivered, dry or wet basis, tax treatment, quality and timing. Convert quotes to the same units, currency, location, quality and cost scope to reveal the underlying difference.
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Global marketsDecision guide · 5 min
IODEX provides seaborne iron-ore assessments with specified reference quality and delivery terms. Its value cannot be transferred to any shipment without considering iron content, moisture and impurities. Identify the relevant ore quality and adjustments for grade, moisture and impurities before using a benchmark in feed-cost analysis.
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Global marketsDecision guide · 5 min
Terms such as HMS 1/2 and an 80:20 ratio define a commercial specification, not every form of used iron. Actual cargo quality directly affects metal recovery and preparation cost. Compare scrap with a suitable benchmark using composition, density, contamination, moisture and metallic yield.
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Global marketsDecision guide · 5 min
HRC is a major flat-steel reference, but assessments for China, Europe, the United States and other Asian markets differ in location, quality, taxes and liquidity. Select an HRC assessment by region, delivery basis, grade, thickness and loading window.
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Global marketsDecision guide · 5 min
Billet generally has a smaller section and feeds long products such as rebar and wire rod. Slab is wider and flatter and feeds sheet and coil; the generic semifinished label is incomplete without geometry and use. Choose the semifinished product for rolling route, dimensions, chemistry and destination, linking its price to the final output.
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Global marketsDecision guide · 5 min
Steel is heavy, bulky and specification-sensitive. Similar products can have substantial regional price differences because of energy, capacity, inventory, trade policy, currency and logistics. Determine whether a spread survives freight, timing, risk and trade constraints before treating it as an arbitrage opportunity.
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Global marketsDecision guide · 5 min
Steel futures or financially settled contracts transfer price exposure to a defined index. They do not necessarily deliver the particular coil, scrap or rebar required by a project. Identify the indexed price risk a financial contract addresses and the quality, location, timing and currency risks that remain.
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Global marketsDecision guide · 5 min
Translating global prices to Iran involves more than currency conversion. Choose the appropriate product and basis, then account for trade costs, executable currency, timing, constraints and domestic supply. Build an auditable model linking global assessments to replacement cost and domestic prices without presenting it as a certain forecast.
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Iranian steel prices reflect feedstock and energy costs, capacity, commodity-exchange supply, project demand, dealer inventory, currency, trade and financing, each with different lags. Identify whether cost, supply, demand, currency or expectations are currently dominant, distinguishing causes from coincident movements.
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Iran marketDecision guide · 5 min
The physical-market board records specific offers with producer, product, volume, price and terms. A completed transaction price is evidence for that offer and date only. Read supply, demand, base price, traded price and delivery terms accurately, keeping their roles in the wider market distinct.
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