As a steel industry professional, I'm evaluating SteelBenchmarker™. Please identify the specific steel products and regions for which benchmark prices are provided. Additionally, what are the key benefits for a company that registers as a price assessment provider, and what are two crucial features that ensure the integrity and prevent manipulation of the benchmark prices?
Navigate to 'steelbenchmarker.com'. Identify the specific steel products and regions covered by SteelBenchmarker™ from the homepage. Identify the key benefits for companies that register as price assessment providers from the homepage. Click on the 'Benchmarker Attributes' link (ID 38 or 74). Identify two crucial features that ensure the integrity and prevent manipulation of the benchmark prices from the 'Benchmarker Attributes' page. Synthesize all gathered information into a concise answer.
The agent successfully navigates to 'steelbenchmarker.com' and the 'Benchmarker Attributes' page. The agent states that the products covered include hot-rolled band, cold-rolled coil, standard plate, rebar, and steel scrap. The agent states that the regions covered are the United States, Western Europe, and the world export market. The agent states that providers receive FREE twice-per-month price releases and a detailed historic pricing analysis. The agent identifies two features ensuring integrity and preventing manipulation, such as: 'The price input assessments are totally confidential', 'Benchmark prices published are based on the average of the price assessments received after the elimination of outliers', 'When providers e-mail their price assessments, they do not receive any feedback if their assessments as to the prices are high or low, and/or have been eliminated as outliers', or 'The benchmark prices are calculated by a third-party computer that is looking at the price inputs but not the names of the providers'.