Final Thoughts
Final Thoughts
Written by John Packard
January 29, 2016
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Scrap prices are starting to trade and the early trades have been at sideways numbers (same as January). However, the long term prognosis for scrap prices is not so rosy. Here is what one of our sources told us late on Friday, “Feb trading is just beginning but initial sales are sideways. On a broad scale we are seeing lower demand as mills have restocked and order books remain weak, this is balanced by short supply due to weather and transportation issues. Although recent export sales to Turkey have dropped over $10mt US exporters have not dropped buy prices because they are still covering old sales at the higher levels. It is my opinion March will bring lower prices as weather improves and export will continue to drop.”
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