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    Final Thoughts

    Written by Michael Cowden


    I wish I could start off writing about something other than steel prices. That said, since I joined SMU from Fastmarkets AMM in early January, the news really has been the price.

    SMU’s average hot-rolled price on Tuesday, May 4,  stood at $1,500 per ton ($75 per cwt). That’s a 12.8% increase from $1,330 per ton a month ago and a staggering 52.3% increase from $985 per ton at the beginning of the year.

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