Final Thoughts
Final Thoughts
Written by John Packard
December 16, 2016
If there are going to be price increase announcements prior to the New Year they will most likely be made this week as opposed to next when most of the steel community is taking time off for the Holidays. If they are not made this week then the expectation has to be the first week of the New Year, with the expectation that scrap prices will be moving higher once the January negotiations kick into gear.
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