The scrap metal industry at times gets a bad rap, whether it’s criminals trying to extract scrap metal out of an elementary school, or a church, or how about stealing an entire bridge?! The negative public perception that exists of the scrap metal industry unfortunately isn’t going away even as the price of scrap metal declines and
Steel Supply Chain Decline “Have scrap steel prices finally found a floor?”1 The decline in steel prices is slowing as scrap markets look for signs of positive change. Late last month, the Commodity Trade Risk Management group published new prices for hot-rolled coil, which evened out at “$440/st, down from about $640/st last November”.2 CTRM
Throughout early 2015 there has been an explosion of steel imports into the U.S. This has been a trend that was driven in the aftermath of the recession by Asian producers such as China, Japan, and South Korea. In order to put this trend into perspective, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute: the
Latest scrap metal prices news. Scrap metal prices – above is our market watch graph from January 2012 to April 2015. Over last month, scrap metal prices for crushed auto bodies increased 2.89%. Over last year, scrap metal prices for crushed auto bodies declined 46.99%. Over two years ago, scrap metal prices for crushed auto
From: Oil Prices Impact Metal Recyclers By: Mike Breslin It’s about time U.S. businesses and consumers are getting a price break on something… oil and its cornucopia of derivatives. Most visible are gasoline pump prices falling in many areas in the $2 per gallon range (as of this writing). It’s all because worldwide crude oil
2015 Metals Around The World: Consumer Vehicle Edition
Scrap metal market watch graph from January 2011 to October 2014. Over last month, scrap metal prices for crushed auto bodies declined 2%. Over last year, scrap metal prices for crushed auto bodies declined 16%. Over two years ago, scrap metal prices for crushed auto bodies decreased 4%.