Final Thoughts
Final Thoughts
Written by John Packard
January 17, 2014
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Early indications from discussions held with members of the scrap community are the ferrous scrap prices are slipping and will be down $20 to $40 per ton compared to the beginning of January numbers by early February or the latest early March 2014. We are hearing reports of scrap already being bought down $20-$25 in the Birmingham area and there is scrap coming in from Canada as well as scrap originally destined for export is flooding into the domestic markets.
It is important that sheet buyers be aware of the developments in the scrap markets and watch prices carefully over the next month or longer.
As always we thank you for your business which is truly appreciated by all of us here at Steel Market Update.
John Packard, Publisher
John Packard
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