Hot-dipped galvanized steel prices stepped higher in the United States while cold-rolled coil was steady this past week, but sentiment on demand remained mixed ahead of the December holiday season.
Fastmarkets' assessment for steel hot-dipped galvanized (base) coil, fob mill US was at $38 per hundredweight ($760 per short ton) on Thursday December 5, up by 1.3% from $37.50 per cwt previously."Most of my friends in the business complain that they've been slow and that they continue to be slow," one service center source said. "We're working overtime this [past]...