After rising for four consecutive weeks, prices for cold-rolled coil and coated steel in the United States were unchanged in the week to Thursday August 15, although market sentiment remained mostly positive, according to sources.
Fastmarkets assessed the price of steel cold-rolled coil, fob mill US, at $38 per hundredweight ($760 per short ton) on August 15.Fastmarkets' price assessments for hot-dipped galvanized (base) steel coil, fob mill US, and for hot-dipped galvanized steel coil, fob mill US, also remained flat on August 15 at $38.50 per cwt and $43.25 per cwt respectively. Month over month, the prices for cold-rolled coil, hot-dipped galvanized steel and hot-dipped galvanized coil...