Mixed heavy melt is no longer just an export item

摘要

There's a common misperception in much of the North American ferrous scrap industry that an 80/20 mix of No. 1 and No. 2 heavy melting steel is consigned only to export markets, preferably to developing countries where there is enough cheap labor to hand-sort the material as it comes off the ship.But the delivery of an 80/20 mix isn't uncommon at domestic mills; depending upon chemistry and metallurgy demands, some mills actually seek a mix of heavy melt grades to charge their electric-arc furnaces (EFs)."Most of the mills will take 80/20," said one broker in east-central Pennsylvania. "Most of them won't say anything if the weight is there. But you take the chance of getting turned away if the truck doesn't weigh 38,000 pounds."