Steel Products Prices North America

August 23, 2015
Comparison Prices Indices: Slip Sliding Away
Written by John Packard
With the exception of Platts, all of the other indexes reporting (and followed by SMU) saw flat rolled products as losing ground this past week.
Steel Market Update (SMU) is leading the way with their benchmark hot rolled coil (HRC) average dropping by $10 per ton to $450 per ton. This is $5 higher than the low for the year which was produced at the end of April. CRU also saw HRC as being lower dropping their index by $7 per ton to $459 per ton. Platts kept their average the same at $465 per ton.


