U.S. Commercial Service : Your Global Business Partner. Commodity Research Bureau - (CRB) - Commodity Perspective (CP) World Steel Association. Steel costs - current steelmaking commodity prices - cost trends - scrap, iron ore, coal, gas. World steel raw material & energy costs Year/ Month Therm Coal $/tonne Coking Coal $/ton Iron Ore C/dmtu Natural Gas $/000m3 Steel Scrap $/tonne Electricity C/KwH n/a 395e 6.9e Input Cost Notes Earlier Commodity Cost Information To download earlier (1980 onward) thermal coal, iron ore or natural gas time series, please click here . Raw Material Cost Information Sources Thermal coal, iron ore and natural gas data reproduced with thanks and permission from the International Monetary Fund.
Commodity Definitions Thermal coal is Australian, 1200 btu/pound, less than 1% sulfur 14% ash, fob Newcastle/Port Kembla. Iron Ore Costs Ore prices are for Chinese imported iron ore fines (62% Fe spot, CFR Tianjin port). Other economic and related cost assessments To see how the input costs can be used to assess current steelmaking costs, visit our EAF steel cost page.
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