Japanese major 5 rolled copper makers out of major 6 posted lower operating profit for April-December from same period of 2006. They are suffered from higher copper ingot price and slower building demand. Three makers revised the full year outlook downward. Nippon Shindo posted 73% lower operating profit for April-December from same period of 2006 when the sales volume decreased by more than 10% under very slow building activity. Dowa Holdings’ metal processing unit also posted 46% lower operating profit for April-December from same period of 2006 due to higher raw materials cost and higher depreciation. Nippon Mining & Metals’ metal manufacturing unit posted lower operating profit due to lower sales for special steel products. Furukawa Electric’s metal unit reported more than 10% lower sales for copper tube in April-December from same period of 2006. San-Etsu Metal said the brass wire sales decreased by 10%. KITZ Corporation posted higher operating profit for the 9 months from same period of 2006 when the firm succeeded the price increase to cover higher raw materials cost.
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Japan Steel Scrap Composite Prices (Sangyo Press)
2025/10/14H2 | NewCutting (PRESS) |
41000YEN (300) | 43000YEN (300) |
270.64US$ (3.04) | 283.85US$ (3.1) |
* Average of electric furnaces steel maker's purchasing price in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya (per ton)
- JMB Tieup company
- The Korea Metal Journal
- ferro-alloys.com
- Steel on the net
- AMM
- MEPS