After increasing by $2-18/mt yesterday, April 7, due to the concerns regarding the shortage of scrap supply as well as the increasing trend of import scrap quotations, ship scrap purchase prices in Turkey’s İzmir region have moved up by a further $8-15/mt today, April 8, to $230-235/mt for delivery to mill by truck. Meanwhile, Izmir Demir Celik (IDC) and Cebitas are still out of the market.
In Turkey's Izmir region, the ship scrap purchase prices of local steelmakers are as follows:
Producer |
Price ($/mt) |
Price change ($/mt) |
Özkan Demir Çelik |
235 |
+15 |
Habaş |
230 |
+10 |
Ege Çelik |
234 |
+8 |
All the above prices are for delivery to mill by truck.