Scrap Metal Market Report – March 2022
During March, steel mills purchased all available scrap offered by the trade. They increased their offered prices by between €60 and €120 per tonne, depending on the mill, demand ...
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During February, some consumers started negotiations with the belief that they would be able to cover their February demand at either unchanged or slightly increased price levels, compared to ...
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Supply and demand were in equilibrium during January. After a successful year for both the steel and scrap industries in 2021, scrap consumers had envisaged marked price reductions at ...
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During December, contract negotiations between suppliers and consumers were of a reserved nature. Some consumers succeeded in purchasing quantities for December delivery during November, thus reducing their December demand ...
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German steel mills were not in much of a hurry to purchase scrap during November. The initial offered prices were accompanied by a statement that their November scrap demand ...
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At the beginning of the month scrap consumers stressed their low demand and were thus optimistic about being able to push through price reductions across the board during October. ...
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Many traders had high hopes for a positive market development with rising prices and improved turnover opportunities during September. However, uniform purchasing behaviour on the part of EU scrap ...
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Due to the summer vacation period and/or maintenance downtime both consumer scrap demand and scrap inflow from industry and collection companies were weaker during August. Some mills used their ...
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