Steel sheet falls further in skeptical market
May 10, 2012 | 04:32 PM
| Chris Prentice
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steel,
flat-rolled sheet,
AK Steel Corp.,
Chris Prentice
NEW YORK — Domestic steel sheet tags slipped again this week as attempts by at least one major mill to increase prices were met with skepticism in the market.
Baseline prices for hot-rolled sheet fell to $33.25 per hundredweight ($665 per ton) f.o.b. mill this week in the Midwest, down from $33.75 per cwt ($675 per ton) last week, mill and consumer sources told AMM. Buyers placing large-volume orders were said to be securing hot-rolled coil prices as low as $32.50 per cwt ($650 per ton), even as smaller tonnages were transacted closer to $33.50 per cwt ($670 per ton).....
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