Scrap Steel Prices: Weekly Market Report- 10th March, 2023
The LME Steel Rebar FOB Turkey (Platts) Month 2 Contract closed at $757.50 per tonne.
SEATTLE (Scrap Monster):Based on price data compiled from the Scrap Monster Price Index, one could see that steel scrap prices exhibited no change during the past one week period from 3rd March, 2023 to 9th March, 2023.
North America Prices
The #1 Bundle and #1 Busheling prices held steady on Index. The prices of #1 HMS, HMS 80/20, Sheet Metal and Shredded Auto Scrap recorded no change over the previous week.
Meantime, prices of Structural Steel too remained flat over the week.
The chart below provides weekly price trends in Sheet Metal scrap in the North American region:
USA East Coast Prices
The price of various steel scrap commodities remained flat during the previous week. The prices of #1 Bundle and #1 Busheling were flat. Also, HMS 80/20, Sheet Metal and Shredded Auto Scrap maintained previous week’s price levels.
The weekly price movement in HMS 80/20 during the prior week is depicted in the following chart:
USA Midwest Prices
The region reported no changes in prices of #1 Bundle and #1 Busheling week-on-week. No price variations were seen in HMS 80/20, Sheet Metal and Shredded Auto Scrap.
Meantime, #1 HMS and Structural Steel prices held steady on a weekly basis.
The price chart of #1 Busheling is given below:
USA West Coast Prices
The West Coast region #1 Bundle and #1 Busheling prices recorded no change, compred to the previous week. The prices of HMS 80/20, Sheet Metal and Shredded Auto Scrap held on to its prior-week levels. Compared to last week, #1 HMS and Structural Steel prices witnessed no change.
China Prices
The Chinese steel scrap market has been flat during the week. The prices of #1 HMS witnessed no change from the prior week. Cast Iron Scrap prices held steady, as shown in the below chart.
Europe Prices
The prices of all steel scrap commodities such as #1 HMS, Cast Iron Scrap, Grade 1 Old Steel, Grade 2 Old Steel, Grade OA Structural Plate, Sheet Metal, Shredded Auto Scrap and Structural Steel held steady when compared with the week before.
The price variation in Structural Steel scrap over the one-week period from 3rd to 9th March, 2023 is provided in the below chart.
LME Steel Market Update
The LME Steel Scrap CFR Turkey (Platts) Month 2 Closing price as on 9th March, 2023 stood at $463.00 per tonne.
The LME Steel Rebar FOB Turkey (Platts) Month 2 Contract closed at $757.50 per tonne.
Meantime, LME Steel HRC North America (Platts) LME Steel Scrap CFR India (Platts) Month 2 prices as on 9th March, 2023 closed at $1,100.00 per tonne and $476.00 per tonne respectively.
Scrap Metal Prices
| Copper Scrap | ||
| Alternator | 0.41 | $US/Lb |
| #1 Copper Bare Bright | 4.30 | $US/Lb |
| Aluminum Scrap | ||
| 356 Aluminum Wheels (Clean) | 0.80 | $US/Lb |
| 6061 Extrusions | 0.70 | $US/Lb |
| Steel Scrap | ||
| #1 Bundle | 360.00 | $US/MT |
| #1 Busheling | 380.00 | $US/MT |
| Electronics Scrap | ||