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February Steel Distributor Shipments Rise to Nine-Month High; Inventories Decline

March 19, 2013 Posted by Steel Market Intelligence

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Lead Times for HRC and CRC Climb – Coated Flat

January 3, 2013 Posted by Steel Market Intelligence

HRC lead times rose for the week ending December 30 to 3.4 from the 5-week low of 3.1 last week.

CRC lead times also rose – coming in at 6.0 weeks from last week’s 8-week low of 5.7. HDG lead times came in flat at 6.0 weeks.

Sources: The Steel Index, Steel Business Briefing

HRC = Hot Rolled Coil
CRC = Cold Rolled Coil
HDG = Hot Dipped Galvanized