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Scrap Prices, News and Analysis

SteelOrbis is the primary information source preferred by thousands of firms for its up-to-date scrap prices, scrap market analyses and scrap forecasters, as it closely follows the main ferrous scrap markets such as the US, Russia, the UK, Europe, the Baltic countries and China. Used as a reference by key market players and accepted as the best in its field, the SteelOrbis Scrap Prices page allows you to take a major step forward in your trading activities.

Daily Scrap Prices


Date Avg. Price Change (%)
26/11/2024 0.0
25/11/2024 0.0
24/11/2024 0.0
23/11/2024 0.0
22/11/2024 0.0
21/11/2024 0.0
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Weekly Scrap Prices


Week / Year Avg. Price Change (%)
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Scrap Import/Export Statistics


Scrap Price Index


Week Avg Change (%)
21/10/2024 -1.940
28/10/2024 -0.390
04/11/2024 0.380
11/11/2024 -1.330
18/11/2024 -1.310
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Scrap Prices

Scrap is basically called materials which are left over after certain processing is done. In addition to this view, scrap products include highly demanded materials in terms of building and maintenance areas. Scrap materials such as metals and steels can be recycled and benefited from. In the global market, scrap materials are composed by some scrap metal or steel business owners. Scrap products generally include building supplies, some practical part of the vehicles and leftover metal materials. There are plenty of analysis and forecast reports about scrap prices in order to track general profit and movement of prices. Scrap material business has a potential for high and sustainable profit in the long term period. The amount of scrap materials is directly connected with steel and metal industry such as the construction process. Therefore, most companies observe scrap prices as an investment opportunity in order to control their share on the global market.

YearScrap HMS I/II 80:20 ($/mt FOB US East Coast)Scrap HMS I/II 80:20 ($/mt CFR Turkey)Scrap HMS I/II 75:25 ($/mt FOB Continent)
2019$ 268.1$ 285.6$ 266.9
2020$ 269.1$ 288.1$ 260.6
2021$ 424.2$ 462.2$ 418.9
2022$ 407.4$ 443.1$ 400.8
2023$ 365.1$ 395$ 359.9

Steel Scrap Prices

Different industries have many production leftovers which may be significant and valuable for recycling processes. Even insignificant materials recycled once, may become valuable and useful productions. One of the most popular recyclable material combinations is scrap that adds an extra profit source to the global steel market. While steel is the main product to use in various construction projects, scrap performs as an auxiliary resource. Steel scrap prices vary according to scrap features, daily scrap prices and market demands. Most commonly used scrap types are non ferrous and ferrous metals which have quality differences. Ferrous metal scraps are more demanded because of their higher value than non ferrous metal materials. Therefore steel scrap prices are also higher in amount than undervalued non ferrous scraps. There are some practical ways to track daily scrap prices worldwide such as scrap price analysis. Daily, weekly and monthly forecasts help to control and maintain profit from steel scrap business in general. It is also possible to follow scrap import and exports through location and trade conditions based on those statistics. In order to understand how scrap prices move up and down in per movement day by day, these analysis may help.

Scrap Index

Global trade area is where most countries run their import and export action and gain profit from their production and services. In this case, plenty of production like steel scrap materials can reach all around the world and meet market demands. Scraps are the main leftovers right after completed operations in different work areas. Many industries which focus on constructions and architecture provide a high amount of benefit from scraps in the global market. When demand for scrap materials increases, the amount of recycled scraps and other significant auxiliary materials become increased. All those movements of scrap prices and products can be tracked on practical and forecasted index platforms. Scrap index platforms include daily, weekly, monthly and yearly data tables which can be compared with each other in terms of price increase and decrease. Scrap prices also can be followed in scrap indexes that show week by week average scrap values according to changing percentage.