Wholesale rail scrap prices fall as strong as ever

Wholesale prices fall as strong as ever
Scrap metal, steel, grain, gasoline has become significantly cheaper. This gives the wholesale price index the largest decline since 1948.

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The strongest price decline since 1959 in Switzerland
Statistics Austria calculated the wholesale price index since October 1948. By May 2009 the value of 105.4, compared to April is an increase of 0.2 percent. But compared with May 2008, sales dropped by 10.5 percent. This is the highest negative annual rate of change in the index's history. In May 2008, the wholesale price index due to the sharp rise in prices, particularly for agricultural products and petroleum products by 11.7 percent over that was located in May 2007. In April 2009, the rate of change in distance minus 8.6 percent.

Above-average declines in comparison with May of last year recorded the wholesale prices for scrap and waste materials (-69.0 percent), iron and steel (-44.2 percent), other petroleum products (-36.9 percent), grains, seeds and animal feed ( -36.1 percent), gasoline (including diesel) (-28.9 percent), synthetic resins and Rohkunststoffe (-28.1 percent), hides, skins and leather (-25.8%), nonferrous metals (- 19.1 percent), fruit, vegetables and potatoes (-15.3 percent) and wood and wood semi-finished goods (-10.7 percent). Significant price increases are in flowers and plants (+10.6 percent), Other building materials (+9.1 percent), sporting goods (+7.5 percent), metal components and installation requirements (+6.9 percent), books, magazines and newspapers (+5.6 percent) and sanitation facilities (+5.5 percent) to determine.

140 tons of steel from scrap per hour

From the air: The Georgsmarienhuette
140 tons of steel per hour
Georgsmarienhütte. Even the Georgsmarienhuette is one of the landmarks of the region, which we present in our air picture series.

The green DC-electric-furnace is a kind of symbol of the Georgsmarienhütte. The steel is melted but not only there but also processed.

bb Menslage. On Saturday evening around 21:30 occurred in the warehouse district Mens Renslage on Berger Road L 60, near the sports field, on a straight road, a ... more

"Serious hygienic deficiencies"
Dissener slaughterhouse Gausepohl threatened with closure
ra Osnabrück. Because of "serious structural deficiencies of hygiene and" threatens the slaughterhouse Dissener Gausepohl the official closing time. The Administrative Court of Osnabrück in the ... more
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That will work here is not difficult to see: smoke rises, and trains run on tracks. Since 1856 is produced in the Georgsmarienhütte steel. Founder of the company was King George V of Hanover. After he and his wife Marie's work is named, originally Georg-Marien-mining and was Hüttenverein.

Daily published in 12 new steel and scrap prices

Platts Steel Markets Daily published in 12 new steel and scrap prices

   Platts, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) and a leading global provider of information from and for the energy and metals industry, today in Steel Markets Daily, one of 70 global news and pricing information core products of the company, with the publication of a dozen new daily price assessments of steel products and scrap began.
   Platts Steel Markets Daily provides readers worldwide with price benchmarks, news and market commentary on steel, one of the world's most strategic commodities. In addition to the previously published prices for hot rolled coil and rebar steel Steel Markets Daily is now:
     - Five cold-rolled coil prices. In Europe: ex-works Ruhr
         (Germany), CIF Port of Antwerp (Belgium) and FOB at port
         Black Sea (inland sea between Europe and Turkey) and in the
         USA: Indiana factory and CIF Port of Houston, Texas.
         (Note:. CIF means cost, insurance and freight FOB means
         free on board. Ex-works signifies direct from the mill).
     - Four plate prices. In Europe: ex-works Ruhr, CIF Antwerp and in the
         U.S.: ex-works Southeast (Southeastern coastal ports of the U.S.) and CIF Houston.
     - Three ferrous scrap prices. In Europe: heavy melting scrap, FOB port
         Rotterdam (The Netherlands) and FOB Black Sea and in the U.S.:
         Shredded steel scrap delivered to mills in the Midwest.
   Platts began on 29 January with the publication of daily steel prices to meet the demand for reliable and transparent price information in the industry.

Market for scrap metal broken: Effects

RTE Stuttgart - According to the American Association for scrap metal and scrap the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries' do not meet Chinese buyers purchase contracts with a value of 1 billion U.S. dollars.

In hindsight, would Chinese steel producers and foundries and dealers, some of which are owned by the State to refuse acceptance of deliveries, demand lower prices or terminate contracts.

China is the second-largest market for scrap metal and scrap for U.S. dealers from Turkey.

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The 2009 North American Scrap Metals Directory is the most detailed directory for the scrap metal recycling industry. The directory contains the names, addresses, contact information and materials handled of more than 9,000 companies dedicated to the collection, processing, exporting and brokering of all grades of scrap metal.

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