Flat-rolled steel quotes inch up in steady mart
Apr 10, 2012 | 02:40 PM
| Corinna Petry
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hot-rolled sheet,
cold-rolled sheet,
coated steel,
steel prices,
mill lead times,
Corinna Petry
CHICAGO — Flat-rolled steel producers’ latest round of price hike announcements is slowly gaining traction, with a growing number of service centers reporting buying at $700 per ton ($35 per hundredweight) this week upon returning to their suppliers to place orders.
"That’s how customers buy steel: They ignore the first increase and sit on their hands until the second one comes, and that gets them off their duffs. The price is around $700," an eastern Great Lakes distributor told AMM.
A Mississippi Valley buyer agreed, noting firmer spot quotes across the board this week. "$700 is today’s quote. You don’t have to bother to call. You know what it’s going to be," he said.....
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