UK STEEL SCRAP MONTHLY: Consumer market bounces on firm fundamentals, exports

November 14, 2020 / www.metalbulletin.com / Article Link

The market for deliveries of steel scrap to domestic consumers in the UK has increased for contracts in November, bouncing on firm fundamentals, with tighter supplies into yards and strong demand from local and overseas buyers, industry sources said in the week to Friday November 13.

The market to domestic steel mills and foundries, which is delivered on a monthly basis, has been settled at prices up by ?10 ($13) per tonne on all grades, except turnings and borings.
Some suppliers said that an increase of only ?5 per tonne had been achieved, although others said that prices had increased by as much as ?20 per tonne for shipments this month. One consumer told Fastmarkets that he had settled at an increase of ?15 per tonne.
The move more than reduces the price cuts of ?5 per tonne in October, and most industry sources expected prices to increase further in December if current business conditions persist.

"The export price from the UK has increased by at least ?10 per tonne for November," one major exporter told Fastmarkets. "There are certainly fewer scrap arisings and less scrap being delivered into yards, with both major shredder scrap companies...

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