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November prices had relaxed further
and, at the time of writing, prices had
reached US$ 83 per tonne due to uncer-
tainty over the upcoming winter months.
WOrlD STEEl IN NuMBErS
During August 2019, world crude steel
production for the 64 countries report-
ing to the World Steel Association
(worldsteel) was 156 million tonnes, a
3.4% increase compared to August
2018 but down from the previous
month’s 156.7 million tonnes. In
September, this dipped again to 151.5
million tonnes, down 0.3% compared
Ferrous Scrap Prices Reference date: November 7, 2019
uSA Domestic Scrap Prices* (US$/GRT)
HMS 1 heavy steel scrap (1/4 Inch) composite price delivered at mills
Source: Davis Index
Source: Davis Index
uSA Export Prices* (US$/GRT)
HMS 1, heavy steel scrap (1/4 Inch)
Composite Sales Price
ex Yard in Germany** (€/t)
E3/European Standard Quality No. 3, heavy old steel scrap (>6mm)
CFr Prices for shipments
from Eu to Turkey (US$/t)
HMS 80/20 heavy steel scrap
– Highest price
– Lowest price
– Fob East Coast price
– Fob West Coast price
O N D J F M A M J J A S O
322 340 340 310 300 320 305 272 247 242 260 225 195
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O N D J F M A M J J A S O
302 298 265 272 290 304 290 282 272 278 260 222 217
325 315 295 283 315 317 310 290 280 273 222 245 225
302 298
265
272
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282
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O N D J F M A M J J A S O
O N D J F M A M J J A S O
315 320 283 273 279 309 303 282 279 292 270 228 223,5
325 337 303 283 325 317 310 310 298 300 275 250 240
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O N D J F M A M J J A S O
O N D J F M A M J J A S O
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O N D J F M A M J J A S O
with September 2018.
China’s production for August was 87.3
million tonnes, a 9.3% increase, and
82.8 million tonnes in September,
down month-on-month but a year-on-
year increase of 2.2%. Japan produced
8.1 million tonnes of crude steel in
August, a year-on-year decrease of
7.8%, and 8.0 million tonnes in
September, down 4.5% on September
2018. South Korea’s production was
5.9 million tonnes in August, down
2.6% year-on-year, and 5.7 million
tonnes in September, down 2.7% year-
on-year.
In the EU, German output was 3.3 mil-
lion tonnes in August, up 0.8% on
August 2018, and 3.4 million tonnes in
September, down 4.0% on the same
month a year earlier. Italy produced 0.9
million tonnes in August, down 26.7%
on August 2018, and 2.2 million tonnes
in September, up 1.1% on September
2018. French output was 1.1 million
tonnes in August, an increase of 11.2%
compared to August 2018, and 1.2 mil-
lion tonnes in September but that total
was 10.2% down year-on-year. Spain
produced 1.1 million tonnes of crude
steel in August, down 4.6% on August
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