[Can the volatile trend of the plate market in the second quarter be terminated - prospects for the second half of 2024]
In the second quarter, the profitability of hot rolled steel began to decline. Compared with April, the number of steel mills with a profit of over 100 yuan per ton of steel in June decreased by about 11% in the surveyed samples.

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