|
|
Article: A narrow gap. (Nonferrous).(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Recycling Today
- Article date:
- January 1, 2003
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2003 G.I.E. Media, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Unworkably tight margins have been the norm for the secondary aluminum industry for most of this decade, and the closing months of 2002 did not bring any change.
A scrap buyer for one secondary smelting company notes that while a bump up in pricing on the LME and of prices paid for secondary products brought temporary relief, aluminum scrap prices soon rose at a stronger clip, thus bringing the margin back to a tight fit. "Now that the price of scrap has gone up, the margin is not there anymore. It's the continuing story of the secondary mills," he remarks.
Consumers of copper scrap are seeing a similar pattern. With an over-supply of primary copper ...