Non-ferrous scrap exports as a whole increased by 24,415 short tons sequentially in March but fell by 2,597 tons compared with the same month last year, according to US Commerce Department data.
Of the seven non-ferrous scrap grades - aluminium, used beverage cans (UBCs), copper, lead, lead-acid batteries, nickel and zinc - tracked by American Metal Market, zinc was the only scrap grade to post a month-on-month decline while copper and nickel scrap registered year-on-year declines.
Non-ferrous scrap trade with China has had a rocky start to the year due to dramatic shifts in...
