U.S. Steel Prices Down by 1.6% in December

As demand from manufacturers and construction projects has shrunk a lot; steel prices in the U.S. market further declined by 1.6 percent in December, according to www.yieh.com
In the last month of 2009, hot rolled steel sheet’s average prices reached US$500/ton, while cold rolled steel sheet’s price fell to US$598/ton.
According to data from the America Iron [...]

UAE Scrap Billet Prices to Soar

Due to the increases of scrap prices, billet prices from UAE have gone up recently, but mills indicate the prices will be very unlikely to go further up because of the reduction on rebar manufacturing over high cost of billet, according to www.yieh.com .
Billet offers for January stood between US$460-470/ton. Export prices from Russia Metalloinvest [...]

800,000 Pounds of Irony Aluminum Scrap

Bidding begins January 4, 2010
Lot # 6200 – LOT (800, 000 LBS. )APPROX. IRONY ALUMINUM INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SHAVINGS AND TURNINGS, HUBS, HOUSINGS, FANS, TUBES – Anniston, AL
Bid Now on Irony Aluminum 
 

Over 100,000 Pounds of Mixed Metal Scrap For Sale

Bidding begins January 4, 2010
Lot # 7100 – LOT (50, 000)LBS. APPROXIMATELY, MIXED METAL(SOME WITH FOREIGN ATTACHMENTS), TERM CONTRACT – San Antonio, TX
Lot # 7700 – LOT (50, 000)LBS APPROX OF MIXED METAL SCRAP PERIOD PERFORMANCE OF 6 MONTHS, APPROXIMATELY 6, 000LBS PER LOAD – Ft. Leavenworth, KS
Bid Now On Mixed Metal Scrap
Lot # 5143 [...]

Used Hard Drives and Laptops for Sale

Bidding begins January 4, 2010
Lot # 4119 – LOT (450) APPRX COMPUTER HARD DRIVES REFORMATTED/ TESTED SATISFACTORY. – Tampa, FL
Lot # 4318 – LOT (750) APPRX PENTIUM IV LAPTOP COMPUTERS MFG INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DELL, GATEWAY, IBM, MICRON, MICRON, & PANASONIC – Tucson, AZ
Bid Now on Used Laptops and Hard Drives 
Lot # [...]

Fired Brass Casings for Sale

Bidding begins on December 31, 2009
Lot # 3900 – LOT(4320)LBS. 5. 56 FIRED BRASS CASINGS. NO MUTILATION REQUIRED – Redston Arsenal, AL
Lot # 7101 – LOT(2940)LBS. APPROXIMATELY, 9MM FIRED BRASS(UNPRIMED) – San Antonio, TX
Bid Now on Brass Casings 
Lot  # 7054 – LOT (6, 200) LBS. APPROX SMALL ARMS FIRED BRASS, . 50 CAL APPROX 75% [...]

Base Metals Prices Recap Dec 29 2009

Copper surged nearly its highest level in more than 15 months, lifted by the threat of industrial action in one of the world’s top copper mines in Chile.
Other metals took their cue from copper and rallied to multi-month highs.
Zinc rose to its highest since March 2008 while Nickel climbed to a two-month peak despite nickel [...]