Final Thoughts
Final Thoughts
Written by John Packard
November 14, 2018
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I spoke with the owner of a scrap company this afternoon. Scrap demand for ferrous is “solid” and is expected to stay that way. There are three plants that will be buying more scrap in the coming months: JSW USA Ohio, as their EAF is expected to run their first coil from melt sometime this week; Georgetown Steel (wire); and the second blast furnace coming online at USS Granite City. I was told to expect maybe another $10 bump in scrap in December and then again in January, but scrap prices should not go up much higher than $20. World scrap prices are under pressure as steel prices in the rest of the world are faltering. The Turkish mills are most likely not going to pay higher prices and this will put pressure on U.S. prices in the coming months.
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