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26 January 2012
The upward momentum of HDG pricing that had begun in November and has continued.
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23 December 2011
Given all of the uncertainty in the marketplace, we don’t believe that prices will increase the entire $100 a ton, but increases of $60-$80 a ton is possible by Feb. 1, especially if further price increase announcements come on the backs of traditional service center restocking and winter weather relating tightening of ferrous scrap flows.
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30 November 2011
Prices in the US domestic market are up 1% over the past week due to successful price increases.
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28 October 2011
USA as prices have taken a 20% slump from the yearly high of $1,218/tonne.
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28 September 2011
Prices should be falling but, the opposite is happening across all of the steel markets in the USA.
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30 August 2011
This unified movement has at least established a floor for the prices.
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15 July 2011
It is possible that prices have not quite bottomed out yet.
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17 June 2011
US mills are seeking to prevent HDG and other flat-rolled prices from falling any further than the $100/ton or more level.
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17 May 2011
HDG prices, like other flat-rolled prices, have clearly peaked and are expected to drift down through the summer.
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21 April 2011
The US coated market appears to be at a crossroads.
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18 March 2011
US mills announce another round of price increases led by AK Steel.
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16 February 2011
Even though the price hike announced toward the end of January has been met with resistance, AK Steel is attempteing to raise the bar even higher.