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| Kansai Tetsugen's March Scrap Intakes Total 83,561 Tons |
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Japan's Osaka-based Kansai Tetsugen council of ferrous scrap dealers secured a total of 83,561 tons of locally available ferrous scrap in March 2010 for arrivals at member companies' captive yards in the Osaka area, up 24% from a year ago, indicating a year-on-year increase for three consecutive months, when the total arrivals hit a high level of 80,000 tons for the first time in one year and five months since October 2008, according to the council. Of the total arrivals, Shindachi (new production scrap) accounted for 12,902 tons, up 50% from a year ago; turnings 6,083 tons, up 39%; and heavy scrap 64,576 tons, up 19%. Kansai Tetsugen's direct shipments of local ferrous scrap to steelmakers totaled 24,390 tons in March 2010, down 7% from a year ago. The council members held in stock a total of 17,357 tons of local ferrous scrap at the end of March 2010, down 11% from a year ago (down 13% from a month ago). Meanwhile, the shiploading volume of ferrous scrap in the Osaka Bay area totaled 26,347 tons in March 2010, down 52% from a year ago, indicates a Kansai Tetsugen survey. Of the total, heavy scrap accounted for 11,953 tons, down 74% from a year ago, and miscellaneous ferrous stuff 14,394 tons, up 75%. |
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