Steel Products Prices North America
June 14, 2015
Comparison Price Indices: Coated Steel Prices Moving, Uncoated Not So Much
Written by John Packard
With the price increase announcements and the filing of a trade case against coated products we saw galvanized and Galvalume prices move higher by double digits this past week. Galvanized increased by $15 per ton according to SMU and $16 per ton according to CRU. Galvalume prices moved higher by $10 per ton.
When looking at benchmark hot rolled coil we found very little movement as SMU and Platts were unchanged, CRU was down $1 per ton and SteelBenchmarker, which only publishes their numbers twice per month, was up $2 per ton. The average of the 4 indexes was $461 per ton.
