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Nucor cuts plate prices by $100/ton, cites market conditions
Written by David Schollaert
October 30, 2024
Nucor Corp. announced that its plate mill group would cut prices for as-rolled, discrete, cut-to-length, and normalized plate with the opening of its December order book.
The Charlotte, N.C.-based steelmaker said in a letter to customers on Tuesday evening, Oct. 29, that tags would be lowered by $100 per short ton (st), bringing its base price to $975/st. That’s the first decrease since it slashed tags by $125/st on July 1.
The company suggested the price cut was to stay competitive, adding that it was due to market conditions and to provide customers with “pricing transparency.”
“We will continue to monitor the levels of import arrivals and other market activity to ensure our pricing remains competitive in the market,” the letter said.
Nucor said the decrease was effective immediately. The price for normalized plate decreased to $1,175/st, it said in a revised letter Wednesday morning.
Absent from the steelmaker’s pricing notice letter was any pricing on quenched-and-tempered products. However, Nucor noted quenched-and-tempered at $2,345/st on its price list sheet.
SMU’s plate price stands at $895/st on average, down $10/st from a week ago. Our HR price is at $685/st on average, unchanged from a week earlier – up just $50/st from a recent low of $635/st in late July. That information comes from our pricing archives, which you can find here.
Also, you can track mill price announcements here.
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