US stainless scrap market remains quiet, but hopeful

摘要

The US stainless steel scrap market is showing signs of a slightimprovement in demand, although market activity thus far hasremained flat overall.The market started to look somewhat better following the annualconvention of the US Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries in LasVegas last week, with a rise in demand, although an air of “gloomand doom” remains as charge chrome prices fell and nickel remainsflat.