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    Final Thoughts

    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.

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