$555 $/short ton
2 days ago
$521 $/short ton
$670 $/short ton
$660 $/short ton
USA to China 1.01 $6/short ton 1 day ago
USA to Northern Europe 1.01 $6/short ton 1 day ago
USA to India .84 ($109)/short ton 1 day ago
USA to CIS 1.12 $60/short ton 1 day ago
USD/mt
Euro/mt
Data provided by FIS
78.5 % this week
78.6 % last week
79.2 % last year
5 days ago
1.881M tons
1.884M tons
1.970M tons
2.8 Weeks
1 minute ago
2 hours ago
N/A this week
N/A 52-wk high
N/A 52-wk low
0.11 current
0.17 52-wk high
0.00 52-wk low
1.949 current
2.086 52-wk high
1.394 52-wk low
The last vestiges of a West Coast hike of $30 per ton on structural steel tubing appear to be fading away as prices return to previous levels.
2 days ago Via: AMM
U.S. steel mills shipped more than 7.92 million net tons in March, 6.5 percent higher than the 7.44 million tons shipped the previous month but down 6.9 percent from 8.51 million tons in March 2012, American Iron and Steel Institute data show.
U.S. bulk scrap export prices to Turkey dropped to a nearly three-year low Thursday as mill buyers continued to drive prices downward.
Mexico’s construction sector contracted 2.3 percent year on year in the first quarter due to a squeeze on cash flows and delays to public works spending as a new government took power.
Pipe and tube distributors say they would welcome a move by flat-rolled steelmakers to take capacity offline in order to prop up pricing for the substrate.
While the United States remains one of the strongest economies globally, lackluster growth and a large fiscal deficit may cause serious downward pressure in the near term, according to one economist.
A waterways infrastructure bill easily passed the Senate May 15, a development that steel interests say will benefit shipping by improving navigation.
Enforcing U.S. trade policy and capitalizing on low-priced natural gas will help U.S. steelmakers while offering broad economic benefits, including job creation and manufacturing growth, a number of steel executives said at an industry conference May 16.
2 days ago Via: SBB