Written by executive editor Tom Stundza, Purchasing's Steel Flash Report is a concise monthly round-up of news and events that influence spot-market pricing for steel mill products. The report features the steel market?s only definitive reporting of what buyers in manufacturing and construction industries are actually paying - and what they can expect to pay in future - for steel mill products

Latest Steel Flash Report – June 30, 2008, issue preview: 

Pricing still escalating but at a slower rate 

The rate of steel-price increases has slowed but that doesn’t mean that the price bubble is about to burst anytime soon. The batch of mill products tracked by Purchasingdata.com increased by 4% in June, but still closed the month 107% higher than at the lowest cyclical average in August 2007. Indeed, steel buyers are paying almost twice as much (98%) for hot-rolled sheet at $1,052/ton in June than a year-ago this month ($532). 

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