Steel Products Prices North America

November US Scrap Exports Down
Written by Peter Wright
January 14, 2014
Scrap exports continued their lack luster performance in November declining for the third straight month to 1,236,000 tonnes. Total exports YTD through November 16,904,000 tonnes down from 19,753,000 tonnes in the first 11 months of last year, a decline of 14.4 percent. The largest decline in November was shipments to Turkey, down by 72,000 tonnes from October.
Global trade data shows that Turkey has been importing less scrap from all sources during the last year partly because they are importing more semi finished from Russia. Malaysia, Mexico and Egypt were all down by around 40,000 tonnes in November. Shipments to the Far East in total were up by 14,000 tonnes, mainly driven by exports to China that rose from 136,000 tonnes to 149,000 tonnes. Figure 1 shows the three month moving average of exports in total and by the major countries of destination.

Peter Wright
Read more from Peter WrightLatest in Steel Products Prices North America

SMU Price Ranges: Tags mixed as uncertainty weighs on market
SMU’s hot-rolled (HR) coil price held steady this week while prices for other sheet and plate products declined.

Nucor spot HR list price unchanged at $875/ton
Nucor kept its weekly list price for hot-rolled (HR) coil unchanged this week, following a price bump of $10 per short ton (st) last week.

SMU price ranges: Flat-rolled balloon continues to leak
Sheet and plate prices were flat or lower again this week on continued concerns about demand and higher production rates among US mills.

HRC vs. busheling spread narrows in August
The price spread between prime scrap and hot-rolled coil (HRC) narrowed in August, according to SMU’s most recent pricing data.

SMU Price Ranges: Market drifts lower still
All five of SMU's steel sheet and plate price indices declined this week, falling to lows last seen in February.