Prices for steel scrap imported to South Korea moved upward over the past week following a rise in demand from steelmakers, market sources told Fastmarkets on Friday August 21.
Most buyers had been out of the market over the past few weeks, largely due to holidays in Japan and high offer prices from the United States West Coast.One major steelmaker was heard to have purchased H2 scrap from Japan at ?27,000 ($255) per tonne fob, which sources...