Steel Products Prices North America
Flat Rolled Steel Price Situation as of December 1st
Written by John Packard
December 3, 2013
As mentioned in an earlier article, prices increased during the month of November as two mills officially raised prices by $20 and $30 per ton. The AK Steel announcement called for hot rolled base prices to be a minimum of $35.50/cwt and Severstal placed their base price levels for HRC at $35.00/cwt. When the month closed SMU HRC average was $670 per ton up $10 per ton, cold rolled $15 per ton, galvanized $15 per ton and Galvalume $20 per ton.
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