Export prices for lower-impurity steel scrap grades from Japan jumped over the past week following greater buying interest from South Korean mills, market participants told Fastmarkets.
"The Japanese market is hot right now- a South Korean steelmaker increased its bid price for H1, plate & structural (P&S), Shindachi and shredded, while other mills are negotiating privately and paying [even] more," a Japanese scrap supplier said.Market participants expect another increase in prices at next week's Kanto Tetsugen auction - a co-operative of scrap dealers in the Tokyo region - which...