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Japan: Tokyo Steel cuts scrap purchase prices at Kyushu, keeps rates unchanged at other plants

Jan 27, 2026

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by

Ramavath Mounika

in Melting Scrap

Tokyo Steel revised its scrap purchase prices for the second time this month, effective January 27, 2026. The company cut prices by JPY 500 ($3/t) at its Kyushu plant, while keeping rates unchanged at other facilities. Price revisions at the Takamatsu plant remain suspended. Kyushu: JPY 43,500/t ($284/t). Tahara, Okayama, Nagoya, Kansai, Utsunomiya and Tokyo…