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Aluminum prices will follow steel up (smirk)
May 12 (Bloomberg) -- ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steelmaker, said it will raise European steel prices as much as 16 percent after an “overwhelming” surge in the cost of iron ore and coking coal.
ArcelorMittal will increase benchmark European hot-rolled coil prices to 650 euros ($825) a metric ton in July, from 560 to 620 euros currently, said Michael Pfitzner, head of marketing and commercial coordination at the Luxembourg-based company. Prices
may climb a further 20 to 30 euros later in the third quarter because of a weakening euro, he said.
“We have to pass on our additional raw material costs,” Pfitzner said in a telephone interview in London today. “The impact of raw materials has become so overwhelming on our total cost structure that there is no way to keep these kind of changes on our side alone.”
Steelmakers face paying for iron ore and coal on a spot basis or via quarterly supply accords after the end of a four- decade-old system that fixed prices annually. Mining companies abandoned the system last month to capitalize on iron-ore spot prices that have more than doubled in the past year.