Steel Market Update ferrous scrap sources advised us over the weekend that scrap negotiations have wrapped up between the dealers and the domestic mills and that steel mills, once again, have walked away the winners as scrap prices dropped across the country. However, the weakest areas are those furthest away from the east coast where […] The post Scrap Prices Drop for October: Are We Near a Bottom? appeared first on Steel Market Update.
The following article on the hot rolled coil (HRC) and financial futures markets was written by Jack Marshall of Crunch Risk LLC. Here is how Jack saw trading over the past week: The focus in HR this past week has been primarily in Q4’16 and 1H’17. Futures prices have dropped to the psychological $500 level […] The post Hot Rolled Futures Drop to the Pychological $500 Level appeared first on Steel Market Update.
Nucor Corporation announced today that it has agreed to acquire Independence Tube Corporation (ITC), a leading independent manufacturer of hollow structural section (HSS) steel tubing, for $435 million, or approximately 6x average EBITDA over the 2013-2015 period. “Independence Tube is a natural fit with Nucor. Their business model is similar to ours with extremely efficient […] The post Nucor to Acquire Independence Tube Corp. appeared first on Steel Market Update.
The following article on the hot rolled coil (HRC) and financial futures markets was written by Andre Marshall of Crunch Risk LLC. Here is how he saw the financial markets as well as HRC and scrap trading over the past week: The Financial Blah Blah: The U.S has been the bright spot. Just look at […] The post Hot Rolled Futures: Here We Go Again! appeared first on Steel Market Update.
The following article on the hot rolled coil (HRC) and financial futures markets was written by Andre and Jack Marshall of Crunch Risk LLC. Here is how they saw trading over the past week: Steel We traded 961 lots of hot rolled coil (HRC) futures in the week or 19,220 short tons (ST). With the […] The post Hot Rolled Futures: Fear Takes Hold appeared first on Steel Market Update.
The following article on the hot rolled coil (HRC) and financial futures markets was written by Jack Marshall of Crunch Risk LLC. Here is how Jack saw trading over the past week: Steel HR futures prices are down over $10/ST Sep’16/Dec’17 over the last week, roughly in line with the different indexes being reported. SMU […] The post Hot Rolled Futures Trading More Briskly as Sellers Enter the Market appeared first on Steel Market Update.
The following article was written by Jack Marshall of Crunch Risk, LLC. Here is how Crunch Risk saw hot rolled futures and busheling scrap futures trading over the past week: HRC Steel Hot Rolled futures (HRC) have traded modest volume this week (9280 Short Tons). Falling prices of inputs and steel in Asia have given […] The post Hot Rolled Futures: Modest Volume Traded this Week appeared first on Steel Market Update.
The following article on the hot rolled coil (HRC), busheling scrap (BUS), and financial futures markets was written by Jack Marshall of Crunch Risk LLC. Here is how he saw trading over the past week: For those of you who don’t know, it’s Cinco De Mayo! So I say “Hay Caramba”. If you want to […] The post Hot Rolled Futures: Hay Caramba! appeared first on Steel Market Update.
The following article on the hot rolled coil (HRC), busheling scrap (BUS), and financial futures markets was written by Dave Feldstein. As Flack Steel’s director of risk management, Dave Feldstein is an active participant in the hot rolled coil (HRC) futures market and we believe he will provide insightful commentary and trading ideas to our […] The post Hot Rolled Futures: The Show Goes On!!! appeared first on Steel Market Update.
Steel Market Update ferrous scrap sources are advising us that scrap prices are poised to move $30 to $50 per gross ton higher for April deliveries than what we saw negotiated at the beginning of March. The issue is supply. The domestic sheet mills are having issues finding all of the tonnage they need and […] The post Ferrous Scrap Prices Poised to Move Up $30-$50 appeared first on Steel Market Update.