ASIA STEEL SCRAP DIGEST: Strong sell-side sentiment forces up key markets

Rising bid prices in the key steel-scrap import markets of South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam have coincided with another increase in Japan's domestic prices, market sources said on Tuesday October 5.

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A further strengthening in local Japanese scrap prices has led to exporters again raising offer prices this week, sources said.
Major Japanese electric-arc furnace operator Tokyo Steel increased its domestic scrap purchase prices by another ?1,000-2,000 ($9.01-18.01) per tonne, depending on works, effective October 10. That follows a similar price increase effective from Saturday October 2.

After the price increase, the Utsunomiya steelworks of Tokyo Steel can pay...

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