Fastmarkets’ price assessment for
domestic S235-grade, 200x200mm, category-2 H-beam in Northern Europe was €575-610 ($654-695) per tonne delivered on Wednesday June 26, up from
€570-605 per tonne delivered one week earlier.
That also marks the first increase for this assessment since mid-March, when the price widened upward to €610-640 per tonne delivered.
The price of scrap, which is the primary feedstock for beams production, has fallen by almost $30 per tonne since the start of the...