Southern US scrap markets trail Midwest on foreign factors

摘要

Scrap prices in southern USmarkets have trailed those in the Midwestthis summer and market sources believeinternational factors are at least partly thereason for the disjointed markets.Prime scrap prices increased $10/lt in theMidwest in June and July while staying sidewaysin the South both months. Shredded scrap heldsideways in the Midwest through June and Julywhile falling $10/lt in the South in July.