David Jenkins
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| posted on 19/2/08 at 04:21 PM |
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Steel prices
I looked over someone's shoulder on the train today, and saw a headline about steel prices.
Apparently they're just about to go up by 65% (or have just gone up...)
If you're planning to build a chassis, get your steel NOW!
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Miks15
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| posted on 19/2/08 at 04:38 PM |
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whilst your on the point does anyone know if £6.28 is a good price for 25mm box section 2mm thick? and 5.10 for 20mm box?
cheers
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02GF74
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| posted on 19/2/08 at 04:44 PM |
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surely the length will affect the price?
without knowing that snippet of information which you have carefully choise to omit, it is hard for me to say.
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Miks15
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| posted on 19/2/08 at 04:46 PM |
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oops sorry it was for a 7.5m length, meant to put that on there
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 19/2/08 at 04:47 PM |
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Steel sections come in stock lengths, usually 5M.
The price you get quoted is for a stock length. If you want it cut, it is usually charged at £1 per cut.
[Edited on 19/2/08 by Confused but excited.]
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 19/2/08 at 04:53 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Miks15
whilst your on the point does anyone know if £6.28 is a good price for 25mm box section 2mm thick? and 5.10 for 20mm box?
cheers
certainly sounds fair.
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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carpmart
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| posted on 19/2/08 at 04:56 PM |
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Sounds OK to me!
You only live once - make the most of it!
Radical Clubsport, Kwaker motor
'94 MX5 MK1, 1.8
F10 M5 - 600bhp Daily Hack 
Range Rover Sport - Wife's Car
Mercedes A class - Son's Car
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02GF74
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| posted on 19/2/08 at 05:07 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Miks15
oops sorry it was for a 7.5m length, meant to put that on there
The postman is gonna struggle with that.
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907
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| posted on 19/2/08 at 05:45 PM |
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I've always thought of steel as being cheap, when you think of what goes into making it.
Think how much a 6 metre length of (tree) wood costs.
Paul G
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IDONTBELEIVEIT
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| posted on 19/2/08 at 05:56 PM |
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yep 25x25x2 E.R.W is about .80p a metre
Are We There Yet, Are We There Yet!!!!
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smart51
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| posted on 19/2/08 at 06:28 PM |
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I recently paid about £2.00 per metre for 1" 18 SGW round tube. It came in 6.1m bars.
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clanger
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| posted on 19/2/08 at 08:54 PM |
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I work in the giant Corus works in Port Talbot
We can't make enough of the stuff. We're aiming for 5million tonnes of the stuff this year, thats quite a few seven chassis
The cost of raw materials, and the demands for more "greener" processes and my wages of course makes your sevens more expensive.
Sorry 
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DarrenW
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| posted on 19/2/08 at 09:00 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by IDONTBELEIVEIT
yep 25x25x2 E.R.W is about .80p a metre
what did you say?
Who is She??????????
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DarrenW
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| posted on 19/2/08 at 09:07 PM |
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Worldwide steel prices have been crazy for a few years now. All the parst i suply in Europe are steel based from China and this si one of our biggest
issues. Along with straight tseel commodity pricing the other issue is the wild fluctuations in curency costs.
Just look at scrap costs. Only a few years ago scrap yards were compressing and stock piling cars. Now they cant get rid of the fast enough. Round our
way you cant leave anything metal outside your house for afew hours before the rag and bone men take it away. I dont degrudge them any of it but
darent leave stuff i want outside.
Lets not even start on copper prices.
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JoelP
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| posted on 19/2/08 at 09:19 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by DarrenW
Round our way you cant leave anything metal outside your house for afew hours before the rag and bone men take it away.
our record was about 7 minutes, from starting to pile an old kitchen outside, to the pikeys taking oven hob and sink. Normally it lasts a few hours!
once spoke to a real rag and bone man with a cart, collecting old washing machines. Said he got paid something daft like £30 a tonne! Not worth the
effort i told him...
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 19/2/08 at 09:33 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by DarrenW
Lets not even start on copper prices.
I know, the one I tried to bribe last week wanted a fortune!
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 19/2/08 at 10:18 PM |
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The same article said that platinum prices have gone totally through the roof - anyone need a new catalytic converter sometime soon?
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jono_misfit
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| posted on 19/2/08 at 10:25 PM |
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In general, If you buy a ton steel today, wait a month then sell it you'll have made £30 profit.
My brothers a steel trader and says its going crazy and not likely to stop for a while. A lot is to do with the huge demand from India and China. He
thinks the problem is compounded as a lot of the new furnaces built are arc remelt furnaces not blast furnaces. These can only remelt scrap not
produce from ore.
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