January scrap prices slip less than initial offers
Domestic scrap prices ended up down slightly after a roller coaster of trading in January, scrap sources told SMU.
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Final thoughts
‘Twas two weeks before Christmas, and at our publication We kept logging steel price increases from across our fair nation.