DAILY STEEL SCRAP: Turkish steelmakers book more scrap for November

Turkish steel producers resumed their deep-sea scrap purchases for November shipments after a short break, market participants told Fastmarkets on Wednesday October 6.

A steel mill in the Marmara region booked a US cargo, comprising 22,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $448 per tonne and 8,000 tonnes of shredded at $463 per tonne cfr.
And a steel mill in the Iskenderun region booked a Baltic Sea cargo, comprising HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $444 per tonne, bonus at $459 per tonne and rail scrap at $464 per tonne cfr. The cargo composition was not made available.

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