Final Thoughts
Final Thoughts
Written by John Packard
June 2, 2017
Multiple sources are advising SMU that California Steel (CSI) has announced a $30 per ton ($1.50/cwt) increase for production orders during the first two weeks of July. After that they will evaluate pricing and make a further announcement. We will investigate this further over the next couple of days and advise our readers what this means.
According to SMU scrap sources, on Friday of last week Nucor and Steel Dynamics (SDI) cancelled the remaining open ferrous scrap orders they had with dealers for delivery during the month of May. Other mills only cancelled shredded scrap orders. The bottom line being the domestic steel mills are expecting ferrous scrap pricing to drift lower as negotiations get going in earnest for the month of June delivery.
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