About-Face | November’s Scrap Market
As we round-out 2020 the United States ferrous scrap market has taken an interesting twist. The Chicago ferrous scrap market sideways to up $20 per gross ton. ...
Trick or Treat? | October’s Scrap Market
The early forecast that October's market would follow September's upward trajectory was quickly dialed back when ferrous scrap trade kicked off earlier this wee ...
Seller’s Market | September’s Scrap Market
September scrap market quickly shaped up to be a seller's market for ferrous scrap. In Chicago, ferrous sales hit the ground running on Tuesday, September 2nd ...
Demand Heating Up! | August’s Scrap Market
Demand is heating up in the ferrous and non-ferrous scrap markets! The mill utilization rate has improved, and the export market is buzzing with activity on th ...
Covid-19 Blur – Where Did The First Half Of 2020 Go?
Entering 2020, what everyone thought was light at the end of the tunnel, was really an oncoming train. No one could have predicted the impact Covid-19 would ha ...
China’s ‘Big Ban’ & The Scrap Metal Industry
What Now, China? Recently there has been uproar in the recycling industry and to be candid, we didn’t think this news would have such an effect on the Scrap Met ...
2017 Ferrous Scrap Metal Forecast
The Association of Women in the Metal Industries (AWMI) hosted their annual January outlook meeting focusing on the scrap metal forecast for 2017. Joseph C. Pi ...
Scrap Metal Forecast: No Light at the End of the Tunnel?
As we enter the Fall of 2015 the outlook for the scrap market and the metals industry in general is bleak to put it lightly. The thought was that the scrap pri ...
June is Warming Up, Time to Jump in the River!
The Midwest scrap market has had more than its fair share of challenges in 2015. Even though B.L. Duke expects Midwest ferrous scrap prices to rise in June, th ...
June’s Market: Looking for the Floor In June
After two consecutive months of falling prices we were hopeful the scrap market would improve with the weather. Unfortunately, June scrap prices appear to be d ...