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Tokyo Steel hikes scrap purchase prices by JPY 500 a tonne

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TEX reported that Japan's largest electric steelmaker Tokyo Steel Mfg Co has increased what it pays for locally available ferrous scrap by a uniform JPY 500 per tonne for all grades at the company's four works and Takamatsu steel center, effective with April 4th 2012 arrivals.

As a result, the new delivered prices of No2 HMS are JPY 35,500 per tonne for seaborne arrivals and JPY 35,000 per tonne for overland arrivals at the Okayama works; JPY 35,500 per tonne for seaborne arrivals and JPY 35,000 per tonne for overland arrivals at the Kyushu works; JPY 35,500 per tonne for seaborne overland arrivals at the Tahara works; JPY 34,500 per tonne for overland arrivals at the Utsunomiya works and JPY 33,000 per tonne for seaborne overland arrivals at the Takamatsu steel center.



Sourced from TEX Report Limited

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