China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has announced that during the March 14-20 period the overall average finished steel price inChinaedged down slightly.
In the given period, the average prices of high-speedwire rod,rebarand common steelplateedged down by 0.5 percent, 0.1 percent and 0.1 percent, respectively, week on week.
In the same period, the average prices of thermal coal andcoking coalincreased by 0.9 percent and 0.1 percent, respectively, week on week.