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• SBQ prices follow scrap down: buyers

  May 14, 2013

  ... An upper Great Lakes special bar quality (SBQ) distributor agreed. ... lags hot-rolled tags and faces less downward pressure due to longer lead times. ... View this article

• Outlook for steel hazy but brightening: SDI's Millett

  Apr 18, 2013

  ... Automotive builds and other positive leading manufacturing indicators ... advantage of short mill lead times," he added. ... This led to a $5 increase in first ... View this article

• Softer demand tempers SBQ tag hikes for April

  Apr 12, 2013

  CHICAGO — Demand for special bar quality (SBQ) products has softened further over the past two ... "Lead times are six to eight weeks, or even less. ... View this article

• Steel to see modest growth for 2013: analysts

  Apr 11, 2013

  ... SBQ (special bar quality) and OCTG (oil country tubular ... every time we go out and make a round of ... road ahead due to short lead times and recent ... View this article

• SBQ import offers persist in slow market

  Mar 19, 2013

  ... The distributor was among a handful of SBQ market participants who surmised ... percent of our purchase, but that's mainly because of the lead times. ... View this article

• SBQ demand inches up; pricing plodding along

  Feb 15, 2013

  ... cold-finished bar to longer processing times compared with hot-rolled lead times of three ... The activity is not there yet," a Midwest SBQ distributor said ... View this article

• Scrap trends sideways to down for Feb.: survey

  Jan 28, 2013

  ... Short lead times are a sign of cautious demand. ... scrap flows due to cold weather, which led at least ... SBQ (special bar quality) bar mills are down and ... View this article

• Auto demand for SBQ strong: Gerdau exec

  Jan 23, 2013

  ... Unlike in 2011 and through the first half of 2012, lead times from Gerdau's three SBQ mills—Jackson; Monroe, Mich.; and Fort Smith, Ark.—have ... View this article

• SBQ prices hold flat amid uneven demand

  Jan 14, 2013

  ... the Ohio Valley executive said, despite relatively short lead times—six weeks ... Other sources agreed that SBQ pricing was unlikely to move very far ... View this article

• Ferrous Scrap Index sideways in unusual Jan.

  Jan 10, 2013

  ... similar factors in their markets, leading to sideways ... At the same time, demand across various ... the weaker special bar quality (SBQ) product segment ... View this article