Chinese steel mills shelve scrap imports

Mar 29, 2012 | 08:20 AM |

Chinese steel mills have shelved scrap imports as domestic scrap prices are much lower compared with the international market. “Price gaps between domestic and overseas scrap to China are more than 200 yuan [$32] per tonne, which has made scrap imports less attractive,” a steel mill source in....





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