January scrap talks hold at up $20-$30 in a seller's market

摘要

January discussions in the USdomestic scrap market continued to centeron a $20/lt increase for prime scrap gradesand a $30/lt increase for obsolete grades asnegotiations were ongoing late Thursday.It is “still very much a seller’s market dueto the weather conditions, especially in theNortheast and East Coast,” one scrap suppliersaid. “While no one’s disputing [up] $30 [forobsolete grades], the question is, what is thescope [of their purchases]."