Copper and brass scrap discounts and prices have fallen across the board in the United States, weighed down by a 14% week-on-week drop in the Comex copper price and by concerns surrounding the rapidly evolving novel coronavirus pandemic situation.
The speed of the coronavirus spread in the US - which has restricted public gatherings and movement across the country - has taken industry participants by surprise, upending regular operations that until last week had been reflecting healthy prices."We are still buying and still melting, but won't be able to...