Major scrap consumer markets in the EU in January:
Jan 2011 |
Jan 2012 |
|
Italy |
1,592 |
1,710 |
Germany |
1,473 |
1,432 |
Spain |
1,113 |
894 |
France |
677 |
769 |
Poland |
439 |
518 |
EU total |
7,929 |
7,614 |
Tonnage figures are x 1,000 mt.
Meanwhile, in the European Union local scrap prices increased in March this year compared to February levels. For the fourth straight month scrap prices in the EU recorded a year-on-year decline in March.
EU scrap price index, March 2012 |
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Quality |
Value |
Variation m-o-m (%) |
Variation y-o-y (%) |
Demolition scrap (E3) |
329 |
3.13 |
-0.9 |
New arisings (E2/E8/E6) |
322 |
4.21 |
-5 |
Shredded (E40) |
326 |
3.82 |
-0.9 |
*Notes: 2001 average=100; the indexes are based on €/mt average prices in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and United Kingdom.