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Japan: Tokyo Steel cuts Kansai scrap prices by JPY 500/t ($3/t)

May 27, 2026

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Ramavath Mounika

in Melting Scrap

Maintenance at Kansai mills prompts price cut Scrap prices at other plants remain unchanged Tokyo Steel reduced scrap prices by JPY 500/t ($3/t) at its Kansai plant, effective 27 May, to JPY 53,000/t ($333/t), while prices at other plants remained unchanged. Price announcements for the Takamatsu plant also remained suspended. The price cut was mainly…