Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States edged up slightly on Monday September 28 on growing concerns about tightening supply and the ability of mills and service centers to meet customers' needs in a timely manner.
Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US was calculated at $30.02 per hundredweight ($600.40 per short ton) on September 28, up by 2 cents from $30 per cwt on Friday September 25 and 0.8% higher than $29.78 per cwt a week earlier on September 21.Inputs from producers, distributors and consumers were reported within a...