Scrap export values hit record $1.16B in October
Dec 12, 2007 | 12:10 PM
| Paul Schaffer
The value of U.S. scrap metal exports totaled a record $1.16 billion in October, inching above the $1.15-billion record set in June and well above the $965-million total in September and $888 million in October last year.
Since the weakening dollar might have played a role, physical quantities could provide perspective. By weight, aluminum surpassed its old peak by 10 percent (disregarding the May 2006 figure, which generally is considered unreliable); the copper and brass group fell a hair short of setting a record;....
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