Scrap Prices North America
August 8, 2023
Written by David Schollaert & Michael Cowden
Sheet prices were mixed this week with hot-rolled coil (HRC) and galvanized base prices slipping again even as cold-rolled tags inched up.
SMU’s average hot-rolled coil price stands at $795 per ton ($40 per cwt), $15 per ton lower than last week and marking a fourth consecutive week of declines.
Calm before the storm
Having just attended the historically significant ISRI Mid-America Chapter Consumers Night Banquet in St. Louis and waiting for my delayed flight, it seemed I had the perfect opportunity to inform the industry of a few items that came out while wheeling and dealing in the beautiful Union Train Station Hotel. For the West Coast export […]
The US scrap market showed some stability in August, with prices mostly sideways on busheling and shredded grades, and HMS prices ticking up from the previous month, sources said.
August could see US scrap prices stabilizing, or even rising, depending on the grade or region, scrap sources told SMU.