Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States have remained above $25 per hundredweight ($500 per short ton), but sources mostly agreed that the second price increase from domestic mills has not been well received by the market.
Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US was calculated at $25.18 per cwt ($503.60 per ton) on Friday May 29, slightly down from $25.21 per cwt on Thursday May 28 but up by 3.6% from $24.31 per cwt one week ago on May 22.