Steelmakers in Turkey’s Izmir region have increased their ship scrap purchase prices by $2-7/mt today, June 9. As a result, the general purchase price range is now at $251-252/mt, for delivery to mill by truck. SteelOrbis observes that the general increasing trend in the scrap markets - both domestic and import - is pushing domestic ship scrap quotations up, while some market sources believe there is still room for a further increase in the ship scrap market.
In Turkey's Izmir region, the ship scrap purchase prices of local steelmakers are as follows:
Producer |
Price ($/mt) |
Price change ($/mt) |
Ozkan Demir Celik |
252 |
+4 |
Habaş |
252 |
+7 |
Ege Çelik |
251 |
+3 |
IDC |
252 |
+2 |
All the above prices are for delivery to mill by truck.