Scrap Metal Market Report – August 2021
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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June was characterised by long, drawn-out negotiations between market participants, high consumer demand across the board, a short supply of scrap and an unexpected marked jump in prices. As ...
Read MoreScrap Metal Market Report – May 2021
At the beginning of May scrap consumers began negotiations rather tentatively. Some mills wanted to quickly take advantage of the seemingly weaker export market at the end of April/beginning ...
Read MoreScrap Metal Market Report – April 2021
On 22nd April 2021 the German Steel Federation (WV Stahl) reported that March crude steel production reached almost 3.8 million tonnes; this represents the highest monthly production volume since ...
Read MoreScrap Metal Market Report – March 2021
After a difficult start to negotiations, German steel mills offered scrap suppliers average price increases of €30 per tonne during March. The increases more or less compensated for the ...
Read MoreScrap Metal Market Report – Febuary 2021
At the end of January signs of prices weakening became apparent on the international scrap market. A few consumers attempted to take advantage of this in their domestic contract ...
Read MoreScrap Metal Market Report – January 2021
Price increases of between €70 and €100 were registered during the month, depending on the date of contract closure, the consumer and the scrap grade concerned. As in December, ...
Read MoreScrap Metal Market Report – November 2020
During November scrap prices remained more or less unchanged; although some slight price increases were seen, dependant on the scrap grade, mill and supplier concerned. The trade reported that ...
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