US & Mexico Weekly Scrap Report (March 29, 2021)

Executive Summary

USA MARKET COMMENTARY

1. TIGHTNESS BITES. 5052 scrap prices jump.

2. EXTENDED MILL BONANZA: UBC discounts widen further.

3. MORE EXTRUSION SCRAP SHORTAGES. Painted extrusion scrap discounts narrow.

4. US brokers need prompt units of aluminum radiators.

MEXICAN MARKET COMMENTARY

SECONDARIES NOW PRODUCING A356.2: Mexican secondaries are being pulled into the primary foundry market

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