ALBANY (Scrap Monster): The US H1 scrap price average prices were at $227.50 per long ton, as on 9th March, 2015. The prices dropped by $6.67 per long ton when compared with the previous week. This is the first decline for US H1 scrap prices after remaining flat for three consecutive weeks in a row.

 

The average price of US H1 scrap in Pittsburgh, Chicago and Philadelphia was $227.50 per long ton, dropping by $6.67 per long ton when compared with the previous week.  

 

The H1 scrap average price in Pittsburg was $234.50 per long ton.  The average price remained unchanged when compared with the previous week’s price. In Chicago the prices averaged at $229.50 per long ton. The prices here witnessed a decline of $20 per long ton when matched with the previous week. The average price in Philadelphia was $218.50 per long ton. The prices here witnessed no change the week before.

 

The H1 prices averaged at $232.50 per long ton in New York, Houston and Boston, holding steady from the previous week’s prices.