Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States crossed the $91-per-hundredweight ($1,820-per-short-ton) barrier for the first time on Wednesday July 14, reaching an all-time high since Fastmarkets started assessing the market in 1960.
Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US was calculated at $91.33 per cwt ($1,826.60 per ton) on July 14, an increase of 1.55% from $89.94 per cwt on Tuesday July 13 and up by 0.83% from $90.58 per cwt...