Category: Scrap Processors

Hot Rolled Coil vs Busheling Scrap Prices: Spread Narrowing

According to the latest Steel Market Update data, the spread between hot rolled coil prices and prime scrap is slowly shrinking from the September 2021 peak. The latest spread is in line with levels seen in early-2021 but two times higher than pre-pandemic spreads. {loadposition reserved_message} Last week, the SMU hot rolled price average declined for the […] The post Hot Rolled Coil vs Busheling Scrap Prices: Spread Narrowing appeared first on Steel Market Update.

Hot Rolled Coil vs Busheling Scrap Prices: Spread Narrowing

According to the latest Steel Market Update data, the spread between hot rolled coil prices and prime scrap is slowly shrinking from the September 2021 peak. The latest spread is in line with levels seen in early-2021 but two times higher than pre-pandemic spreads. Last week, the SMU hot rolled price average declined for the 18th consecutive […] The post Hot Rolled Coil vs Busheling Scrap Prices: Spread Narrowing appeared first on Steel Market Update.

Schnitzer Posts Best Fiscal First Quarter Results Ever

Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. posted its best first quarter earnings on record thanks to high prices and strong demand for both ferrous and nonferrous scrap. The Portland, Ore.-based scrap recycler and long steel producer recorded net income of $47 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2022 ended Nov. 30, 2021, more than triple the […] The post Schnitzer Posts Best Fiscal First Quarter Results Ever appeared first on Steel Market Update.

Hot Rolled Futures: Market Retracement – Gradual or Quick? Or Sideways?

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 Spot HR has declined each of the last three Wednesday’s for a total loss of $86/ST. Spot HR has lost […] The post Hot Rolled Futures: Market Retracement – Gradual or Quick? Or Sideways? appeared first on Steel Market Update.

BlueScope to Buy MetalX as Mills’ Scrap Acquisition Spree Accelerates

BlueScope Steel plans to acquire U.S. ferrous scrap recycler MetalX LLC for $240 million. MetalX is the leading scrap supplier to North Star BlueScope, the Australian steelmaker’s electric arc furnace (EAF) sheet mill in Delta, Ohio. The deal is expected to close by the end of December, BlueScope said in a press release. MetalX operates […] The post BlueScope to Buy MetalX as Mills’ Scrap Acquisition Spree Accelerates appeared first on Steel Market Update.