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All five of SMU's steel sheet and plate price indices declined this week, falling to lows last seen in February.

Sources in the carbon and alloy steel plate market said they are less discouraged by market uncertainty resulting from tariffs or foreign relations, but are instead, eager to see disruption to the flat pricing environment.

Nucor has implemented a double-digit price decrease on spot hot-rolled (HR) coil for the second consecutive week.

Hot-rolled (HR) coil prices in the US declined again last week, while offshore prices increased week over week (w/w).

SMU’s Monthly Review provides a summary of our key steel market metrics for the previous month, with the latest data updated through July 31.

Most steel buyers continue to report that mills are open to negotiating spot prices. Negotiation rates have remained high for most of the past three months.

Sheet and plate prices were either flat or modestly lower this week on softer demand and increasing domestic capacity.

Nucor Plate Group has informed customers that August spot prices will remain flat. 

Nucor’s weekly consumer spot price (CSP) for hot-rolled (HR) coil was adjusted $10 per short ton (st) lower this week after holding steady last week.

Prices for four of the seven steelmaking raw materials we track were unchanged from late June through the end of July, while two increased and one declined. Collectively, these material prices rose 1% month over month (m/m), but are down 3% compared to three months ago.

Hot-rolled (HR) coil prices in the US edged lower again this week, while offshore price were little changed. Stateside prices continue to trail imports from Europe, supported by Section 232 steel tariffs.

Earlier this week, SMU polled steel buyers on an array of topics, ranging from market prices, demand, and inventories to tariffs, imports, and evolving market events.

Sheet prices slipped again this week amid discounting from certain mills and ongoing concerns about demand.

Nucor maintained its weekly list price for hot-rolled (HR) coil flat this week, following a price cut the previous week.

More than nine out of every ten steel buyers polled by SMU this week reported that mills are negotiable on new order prices. Negotiation rates have increased in each of our last three surveys following the early-June lull, reaching a record high this week.

Galvanized steel prices ping-ponged in the $50/hundredweight range during the month of July, settling in at roughly the same position as in June.

Nucor is lowering its list price for spot hot-rolled coil for the first time since May 27.

Section 232 tariffs have doubled to 50%. Reciprocal tariffs rates remain uncertain. But while prices have softened on even softer sentiment, tariffs have firmed the floor.

Chinese steel export prices are expected to rise and support prices across most of Asia in the coming month. In Europe, buyers are likely to frontload import orders ahead of CBAM imposition, while new trade agreements are likely to emerge in the US. Steel prices in the APAC are expected to rise, except in India […]

Earlier this week, SMU polled steel buyers on an array of topics, ranging from market prices, demand, and inventories to imports and evolving market events.

Stateside prices continue to trail imports from Europe, supported by Section 232 steel tariffs that were doubled in early June.

US sheet and plate prices were flat or lower as reduced import volumes were offset by so-so demand.

Hot-rolled (HR) coil prices in the US ticked down this week but have fluctuated little over the past month. Stateside tags continue to trail imports from Europe, supported by Section 232 steel tariffs that were doubled in early June.

Domestic mills are more open to talk price on new orders than they were in June, according to most steel buyers responding to our market survey this week. Negotiation rates have recovered from the early-June lull and are now just a few percentage points shy of the high levels seen late last year.

We can interpret that managed money still has expectations of price strength while physical participants are running closer to a balance on a net basis.

It will be a shorter week as the United States celebrates Independence Day on Friday. But we won’t leave you high and dry.

David Schollaert presents this week's analysis of hot-rolled coil prices, foreign vs. domestic.

Steel buyers this week are lamenting weak demand, cautious buying, and So. Much. Uncertainty. I'm no doctor, but I suggest a dual diagnosis of extreme tariff fatigue and early-onset summer doldrums.

Sheet and plate prices were little changed in the shortened week ahead of Independence Day, according to SMU’s latest check of the market.

Nucor aims to keep plate prices flat again with the opening of its August order book.