Final Thoughts

January 13, 2022
Final Thoughts
Written by Michael Cowden
The bubble is bursting. Not just any bubble. We’re talking the bubble that is ridiculously wide spreads between hot-rolled coil prices and base prices for cold rolled and coated products.
Case in point: SMU’s hot-rolled coil price stands at $1,480 per ton, and our cold-rolled and galvanized base prices are at $1,880 per ton – resulting in a spread of $400 per ton.


