Steel Products Prices North America
SMU Comparison Price Indices
Written by John Packard
September 4, 2013
Picking up where we left off at the end of July – during the month of August we saw relatively modest movement in flat rolled pricing out of the various indices we track on a regular basis. SMU is the only index showing some erosion in the benchmark hot rolled and cold rolled indices.
The numbers referenced are for the last price assessment made at the end of the month with the change being the difference between where they were at the beginning of the month until the end.
It is important to remember there are differences in both the collection techniques of the various indexes as well as different FOB points.
FOB Points for each index:
SMU: Domestic Mill, East of the Rockies.
CRU: Midwest Mill, East of the Rockies.
SteelBenchmarker: Domestic Mill, East of the Mississippi.
SteelOrbis: Midwest Domestic Mill.
Platts: Northern Indiana Domestic Mill.
John Packard
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