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Price notice: Non-ferrous city scrap prices

Jun 17, 2019

Fastmarkets AMM is proposing a comprehensive update of its non-ferrous city scrap prices to bring them in line with its global price reporting agency standards. More »
US wire rod prices sink to 15-month low

Jun 19, 2019

Wire rod prices in the United States have fallen for a fifth month in a row, driven by declining ferrous scrap costs and weakening demand from key end markets in conjunction with expectations of further price erosion, sources told Fastmarkets AMM. More »
Apex Act said not the answer to Al premiums

Jun 19, 2019

The United States Secretary of Commerce has joined the growing chorus of voices questioning the current method of setting the US Midwest aluminium premium. More »
HRC crashes below $27/cwt; floor at $25/cwt?

Jun 19, 2019

Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States have fallen below $27 per hundredweight ($540 per ton) for the first time since President Donald Trump’s election in November 2016. More »
Synalloy warns of lower 2019 sales, profit

Jun 19, 2019

Synalloy has predicted that its 2019 sales and earnings will fall short of previous expectations because of weakness in pipe pricing and volumes. More »
SSS: Stelco shopping for acquisitions

Jun 19, 2019

Stelco Holdings is openly seeking acquisitions, according to one of the Canadian steelmaker's top executives. More »
Ferrous scrap price falls in US sale to Turkey

Jun 19, 2019

A fresh ferrous scrap cargo sale from the United States to Turkey has confirmed fears of continued downward pressure at East Coast docks, which lowered buying prices ahead of news of the transaction on Wednesday June 19. More »
Steel futures said following rebar’s success

Jun 19, 2019

A decade ago, the Shanghai Futures Exchange launched its steel rebar futures contract. In the years that followed it has become the gold standard for steel derivatives, achieving a success that other exchanges aspire to emulate. More »
Codelco presents new labor offer to unions

Jun 19, 2019

Codelco has presented a new labor offer to the three trade unions on strike at its Chuquicamata unit and workers will deliberate on the matter on Wednesday June 19. More »
US spent lead-acid battery prices slip

Jun 19, 2019

Prices for spent lead-acid batteries in the United States inched lower over the two weeks to Tuesday June 18, due to oversupply and weak demand at the beginning of the seasonal summer slowdown. More »
Theis Precision Steel's CT plant said idled

Jun 19, 2019

Theis Precision Steel, North America’s largest high-carbon and stainless specialty strip mill, has reportedly idled its plant in Bristol, Connecticut, according to the city's mayor. More »
Fastmarkets AMM-Ferro-alloys: June 19

Jun 19, 2019

The latest ferro-alloys prices as reported by Fastmarkets reporters. More »
Price notice: Proposal to launch import HSS

Jun 17, 2019

Fastmarkets AMM proposes to launch a monthly structural tubing price assessment - US import A500 hollow sections - due to market activity and interest. More »
Price notice: Seamless mechanical tubing

Jun 17, 2019

Fastmarkets AMM proposes to discontinue its monthly price assessments for A519 seamless mechanical tubing and cold-drawn seamless mechanical tubing due to a lack of market participation and usage. More »

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Domestic UBC	-36.47%
No.1 heavy melt	-32.39%
Lead battery scrap	-31.11%
316 solids,clips	-30.96%
Shredded auto scrap	-29.19%
Busheling index	-28.26%
Hot-dipped galvanized	-23.74%
SBQ 1000	-13.33%
US rebar	-7.04%
Molybdenum	6.96%
Year-over-year as of 06/19/2019

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