By the Numbers

CDR Staff

Published May 17, 2012

 

 // Scrap Iron RMDAS
No. 1 Heavy Melt Steel Pricing
(Per Gross Ton for No. 1 HMS scrap)

 



Reported United States aggregated spot market prices per gross ton shown for each commodity are based on all Management Science Associates’ (MSA) Raw Material Data Aggregation Service (RMDAS) participants’ actual order data submitted to and processed by MSA as of the 20th of each respective “buy month,” rounded to the whole integer. A map of RMDAS regions is available at http://rmdas.msa.com, as is a further explanation of RMDAS methodology and an accompanying disclaimer.
No. 1 HMS defined as prepared obsolete scrap, 5 feet long and under. Additional pricing information on each grade can be found at www.RecyclingToday.com.
© 2010-2011 Management Science Associates Inc. All rights reserved RMDAS is a trademark of Management Science Associates Inc.

// Stone and Aggregate Pricing
Construction Sand, Gravel­ and Crushed Stone
(Bureau of Labor Statistics Price Index*)

March 2011
April 2011
May 2011
June 2011
July 2011
Aug. 2011
Sept. 2011
Oct. 2011
Nov. 2011
Dec. 2011
Jan. 2012
Feb. 2012
March 2012

264.8
265.6
266.1
267.5
268.0
267.4
267.4
266.6
266.9
266.5
269.0
270.7
271.4



*Index is based on 1982 average price as 100
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics















 


New construction starts jumped 23 percent in March 2012 compared to one year earlier, according to Dodge Construction, Lexington, Mass. Much of the new activity was specific to utility construction, including wind power projects in Kansas, Montana, Illinois, Oklahoma and Massachusetts.

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