[Land-speed] Scrape prices.... Kind of LSR

John Thornton jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net
Tue Nov 20 16:31:07 MST 2007


Benn wrote:
> I've heard "heavy, clean" steel (no sheetstock or "dirty" metal) is getting 
> about $250/ton ($0.12 per pound) 'round these parts.  I guess China is using 
> up all the metal they can get, in particular steel and copper.
> Benn
>   


Shouldn't that be the U.S is using all that steel?
Over 80% of Chinese manufacturing is sent to the U.S.
They use most of the steel, lumber etc. to make things to send to the U.S.
Only a small percentage is for their own consumption.

John Thornton


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