STEELBENCHMARKER PRICES

By Paul Ploumis (ScrapMonster Author)

March 31, 2016 04:53:29 PM

SteelBenchmarker™ is a global steel benchmark pricing system for use by steel industry participants. The products covered include hot-rolled band, cold-rolled coil, standard plate and rebar. The regions for these prices are the United States, Western Europe, and the world export market.

STEELBENCHMARKER PRICES March 28, 2016
Dollars per Metric Tonne -- Pct Change
(net ton) [gross ton] {Euros}


Region: USA, East of the Mississippi
     Hot-rolled band: 466 (423)  2%
     Cold-rolled coil: 656 (595)  4%
     Rebar**: 514 (466)  -27%
     Standard plate: 570 (518)  7%
     Shredded scrap*: 195 [198]  -1%
     #1 Heavy melting scrap: 173 [176]  0%
     #1 Busheling scrap: 191 [195]  2%

Region: Mainland China***
     Hot-rolled band: 320  3%
     Cold-rolled coil: 413  1%
     Rebar: 298  2%
     Standard plate: 325  1%

Region: Western Europe

Region: World Export Market
     Hot-rolled band: 321  7%
     Cold-rolled coil: 445  9%


To receive SteelBenchmarker graphic and tabular price history, register as
a "provider" at www.steelbenchmarker.com.

NOTES:
E-mailed March 31, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. to Non- Provider Receivers.
The first price release was for April 10, 2006.

If a product is not listed or a price is not indicated, fewer than ten (10)
price inputs were received at this time. 

Prices are: USA -- FOB mill; Western Europe and China -- Ex-works; and World
Export Market -- FOB port of export.  For USA steel scrap --
delivered to the steel plant. *For shredded scrap the region is "for all but
the West Coast".

For product specifications go to http://www.steelbenchmarker.com/specifications.

*** SteelHome's non-steelbenchmarker derived average price for each product
is the determinant of the Chinese ex-works benchmark price. It is published
for comparative purposes.