Tag: Japan: Tokyo Steel cuts scrap purchase prices at Okayama

Japan: Tokyo Steel cuts scrap purchase prices at Okayama; keeps rates unchanged for other plants

Jan 30, 2026

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by

Adarsh Ramteke

in Melting Scrap

Tokyo Steel revised its scrap purchase prices for the third time this month, effective 29 Jan’26. The company cut prices by JPY 500 ($3/t) at its Okayama plant, while keeping rates unchanged at other facilities. Price revisions at the Takamatsu plant remain suspended. Kyushu, Okayama: JPY 43,500/t ($284/t). Tahara, Nagoya, Kansai, Utsunomiya: JPY 44,000/t ($287/t).…