Steel Products Prices North America
SMU Comparison Price Indices
Written by John Packard
October 15, 2013
There was little to no change with most of the indices this past week. What might have been the most noteworthy is Steel Orbis is no longer the lowest priced on benchmark hot rolled. Also of note is Platts is no longer the highest priced index for HRC. Will this be the week when prices breakout of their narrow range?
John Packard
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