US lead, zinc scrap prices flat; exporters wait

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Most lead and zinc scrap prices were steady this week due to the typical seasonal slowdown in the market and because exporters have stepped back from buying competitively, sources said. “Exporters have lost steam,” one scrap trader said. “I think they have finally lowered their [buying] prices and they’re not as much of a factor now.” Fastmarkets’ assessment of the lead scrap whole batteries buying price, delivered smelters US was at $34-36 per hundredweight on Tuesday December 17, unchanged from two weeks earlier but down by 2.8% from $35-37 per cwt a month ago.