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Show Weekly Metal Review. NEW YORK, Dec. 20. Consumers and exporters here have been trying to cover their requirements of steel to some extent ex-tent in England. Sheets are particularly particu-larly scarce and British mills have declined an offer to thi value of 250,000 pounds sterling for nearby delivery. Automobile Auto-mobile manufacturers have been forced to buy from exporters at-a premium. Foreign For-eign demand for billets and sernl-flnlshd steels cannot be met. All mills are behind be-hind on orders and independents are advancing ad-vancing prices. Several grades of iron have advanced from 51 to 52 during, the week. , No. 2 Philadelphia Is now held at $41.10, and valley furnace at $48. Demand has slackened during tha Iflst few days i becauso the grades desired were not ob-! ob-! taltiable. Furnaces are now well sold j for the first half Of next year. Restrle-! Restrle-! tionn upon coke production have been re-1 re-1 moved but the price Is still fixed at 55 for furnace and S7 for foundry. Copper is unchanged from last week, ; at 18 to 19 cents as to position. Stocks are ample but tho market is still firm. Since last week, sales of between 8000 and 9000 tons have been made for export ex-port ahd a fair domestic trade has been done. . The principal producers, for the second time v.'lthin a week, have advanced the ' price of lead. Stocks with producers and consumers are lght. Zinc quiet but firm. Tin has advanced with London, and is now up to to 64 cents for near by and 64ri4 cents for shipment. A fairly active business was done during the week. Antimony continues in active demand and strong at 9 cents for wholesale lots. |