The following article on the hot-rolled coil (HRC), scrap and financial futures markets was written by Jack Marshall of Crunch Risk LLC. Here is how Jack saw trading over the past week: Hot Rolled Weekly changes in the value of spot HR have continued to drop an average of about $30/net ton but it should […] The post Hot Rolled Futures: Peak Summer Pause? appeared first on Steel Market Update.
Though longer term market fundamentals remain good, global metal recycler Sims Limited says significant volatility makes the short-term outlook uncertain. “Aggressive interest rate rises to combat rapidly increasing inflation have reduced the demand for steel, copper and aluminium, and therefore the demand for recycled metal,” the Australia-based company said in commentary accompanying release of its […]
Turkish scrap import prices increased w/w Last week, Turkish scrap prices rose sharply on three new deals from western Europe and North America, lifting our assessment for HMS 1/2 80:20 to $392 /t CFR (+$40 /t w/w, -$14 /t m/m). Scrap prices(1) $/t15-Jul22-Jul29-Jul05-Aug12-AugHMS 1/2 80:20 CFR Turkey406406365352392Shredded CFR Turkey426426385372412Notes: (1) weighted average of known transactions from […]
North Star BlueScope is “substantially complete” with a $700 million expansion that will provide the Delta, Ohio, EAF sheet mill with additional annual capacity of nearly 950,000 short tons (850,000 metric tonnes). The mill produced the first coil from its expansion in June and has begun the 18-month process of ramping up the facility to […] The post BlueScope Cranking Up North Star HRC Expansion, Eyeing CR and Coated appeared first on Steel Market Update.
The spread between hot-rolled coil (HRC) and prime scrap prices continues to narrow, according to Steel Market Update data. Busheling scrap prices have declined each of the last four months, as have hot-rolled prices – but at a greater rate than scrap. The result: a shrinking delta between the two products. The latest spread is one-third what […] The post Hot Rolled vs Scrap Price Spread Narrows appeared first on Steel Market Update.
US plate prices edged down again this week after seeing their largest decline in nearly five years the week prior. The latest declines are not exactly a surprise given plate prices had been holding an unsustainable premium over coil and buying has been largely hand-to-mouth. But the straw that broke the camel’s back might just […] The post Plate Market Report: Prices Slip Again, Direction Still Not Clear appeared first on Steel Market Update.
Steel Market Update sources report ferrous scrap prices declined as much as $70 per gross ton from July to August, the fifth consecutive month of declines since March–April’s record high prices. Prime scrap fell by $70 per ton from the month prior, while obsolete grades declined $15–40 per ton. For the first time since late-2020, […] The post Scrap Prices Drop in August, With Bush Near Shred Is Bottom Near? appeared first on Steel Market Update.
Turkish scrap prices continued to edge lower, down to $352 /t CFR HMS 1/2 80:20 (-$13 /t w/w, -$54 /t m/m) based on the latest deal from the US. Scrap prices(1) $/t08-Jul15-Jul22-Jul29-Jul05-AugHMS 1/2 80:20 CFR Turkey406406406365352Shredded CFR Turkey426426426385372Notes: (1) weighted average of known transactions from all points of origin. The activity in Turkish finished steel and […]
Turkish scrap import price dropped to $365 /t for HMS 80:20 following low market activity for two consecutive weeks and weak finished steel market fundamentals. Competitive Russian billet offers have also put downward pressure on scrap demand and prices. Market participants expect this lack of demand to continue in August, which could see prices of […]
US plate prices were largely unchanged this week, but probably not for long now that Nucor has significantly lowered plate prices with the opening of its September plate order book. The move came after Nucor in early July kept prices flat with the opening of its August order book. Discrete plate prices, as well as prices […] The post Plate Market Report: Is There a Chink in the Price Armor? appeared first on Steel Market Update.