Home US raw material imports rise in face of price increases Steelmakers in the United States increased their purchases of foreign raw materials during March in order to supplement their melting needs due to a combination of further anticipated price increases for domestic ferrous scrap and strong order books for finished products. March imports of steelmaking raw materials – booked in February – rose 18.7% month on month, US Census Bureau data show, with ferrous scrap, pig iron and direct-reduced iron (DRI) volumes up... Email this article Your details Your recipients's details You can enter a maximum of 5 recipients. Use ; to separate email addresses. Email yourself a copy? Enter the code: Ok You might notice something different here.As we continue our evolution, our data and market news is now available through the Fastmarkets platform and a trial of this website is no longer available. Already registered? Log in Our new delivery solution allows you to access the prices and news that matters most to you in a way that delivers value, quality and a unique, fully customizable view for you. Learn More We are developing an experience that allows you to test drive building your view of our data and news on the new platform. In the meantime, we can prepare a quote for you and show you around. Get Started Contact Us +44 (0) 20 7779 8260 hello.mb@fastmarkets.com Published Mei Ling Toh May 15, 2018 22:22 GMT Keywords ferrous scrap scrap imports raw materials pig iron direct-reduced iron DRI No 1 bundles shredded scrap US Census Bureau scrap prices Mei Ling Toh Related news {{article|snippet:'title'|removeHtmlTags}} {{article|fields:'dates'|date:dateArticleFormat}}