US PIG IRON: Market weakens on general economic slowdown

March 21, 2020 / www.metalbulletin.com / Article Link

The pig iron market in the United States has weakened further due to the general economic slowdown caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pandemic, sources told Fastmarkets in the week to Friday March 20.

Fastmarkets' price assessment for pig iron, import, cfr Gulf of Mexico, US, was $330-340 per tonne on Friday, down from $345-350 per tonne a week ago.

"Scrap prices will go down at least by $30-40 [per gross...

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