Secondary aluminum alloy, scrap prices rise

Dec 04, 2012 | 11:58 AM | Daniel Fitzgerald

Tags  aluminum scrap, aluminum alloys, aluminum ingot, LME, A380.1, Daniel Fitzgerald

NEW YORK — Free-market aluminum alloy prices strengthened Monday on the back of higher London Metal Exchange and scrap tags.

Prices for A380.1 rose to $1.02 to $1.03 per pound from $1 to $1.02 previously, and the range for 319.1 tightened to $1.06 to $1.07 per pound from $1.05 to $1.07.

Old sheet increased to 71 to 73 cents per pound from 69 to 71 cents, and old cast rose to 73 to 75 cents per pound from 72 to 74 cents. Mill-grade painted siding jumped to 80 to 82 cents per pound from 77 to 79 cents, and 5052 segregated low-copper clips climbed to 97 to 99 cents per pound from 94 to 96 cents.....





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