Metal Commodities and Recycling Report, Raleigh Scrap Metal Recycling, 2310 Garner Rd, Raleigh, NC, 27610, 919-828-5426

RALEIGH METAL RECYCLING
METAL COMMODITIES AND RECYCLING REPORT
2310 GARNER ROAD
RALEIGH, NC 27610

 

This is the Commodities and Recycling report, brought to you by BENLEE the industry leader in roll off trailers and open top scrap trailers, as well as Raleigh and Goldsboro Metal Recycling, the leaders in North Carolina for Scrap Metal, Cardboard, Electronics and Junk Cars. 

Today is Monday, June 22, 2015.  My name is Greg Brown, President and CEO of the companies.

There was little good news last week in commodities and recycling and in fact there was bad news.  As we mention continue to mention, the global economy continues to get better slowly, last week Greek debt had people worried and China is going nowhere fast. The only glimmer of good news was that this morning, the Greeks seem to have come up with some concessions that the other European counties view as positive and has helped stock markets around the world.



Steel Production

 

Steel production had a nice little uptick last week and is up for the past few months, but it is still well below last year. 

Oil Rig Count

 

The oil rig count has now declined for 28 weeks in a row and is now close to the rig count of 5 years ago.  This remains a significant drag on steel consumption.  With imports of steel finished goods continuing, there remains a drag on scrap metal production along with steel in oil rigs being down. 

Heavy Metal Price Composite

Even with the small ferrous price increase of a couple of weeks ago, scrap flows remain very, very weak, as do profits, especially with copper and aluminum near 6 years lows, which we will discuss in a minute.  With these low prices, scrap yards in the Southeast which have a higher percentage of retail business, vs industrial business, have been hit hard, as have been the shredders in the SE and last week, yet another shredder shut down.  This one owned by GREER Recycling.


Copper Pricing

Copper prices remain near their 6+ year lows and as we said last week, we see no reason why this will change anytime soon.



Aluminum Prices

Aluminum dropped a bit last week and is also at 6 year lows. 

Aluminum 6 Year Lows

 

We remain in the belief that aluminum prices are near their bottom due to aluminum inventories are also hitting new 6+ year lows. 



Aluminum Stock Levels

As said on the bad news, yet another shredder in the Carolinas shut down.  We were told GREER Recycling is working with its bank on selling its shredder.  The low scrap prices in the market have effected the SE more than the Midwest and NE in that the SE is much more dependent on Retail business, than industrial business.  As for other bad news Trailer sales and sales of Class 8 Trucks—tractor trailer units, were down in May for the first reduction year over year in a long time, which is hurting steel production.

On the positive side, sales of existing homes hit a 5 ½ high last month and car sales may have a record year in the history of the industry.  This should support some stabilization of commodity prices. 

Prices for Aluminum and copper were down last week in Raleigh, Goldsboro and Wilson.

 

Steel and Junk cars we up.  Please call us at 919-828-5426 in Raleigh, 919-731-5600 in Goldsboro and 252-243-3586 in Wilson for prices. 

With that we hope all have a Safe and Profitable week.   Tune in next week for the Commodity and Recycling report.

Today's Raleigh, NC Scrap Metal Recycling prices for Copper and Aluminum

Today's Scrap Metal Prices

in Raleigh, NC, Durham, NC

Recycling -12/16/13

 

 

-Great Prices

-Outstanding Service

-Industrial Pick Up and Public Drop off

-11 Digital Scales to get you in and out-FAST!

-Junk Cars-We TOW, or you Drive in, or Tow in

 

Today's prices for Scrap metal:Steel and Copper are steady this week.  The good news is we raised copper last week!  As many know, prices remain lower then the highs of years ago.  See the article below about the equipment company CAT (Caterpillar) that is a major supplier to the mining, metals industry.

 

Raleigh Scrap Metal Recycling here in NC, has a goal to do our best to pay you the most for scrap metal every day.  We also try to communicate the price to make it easy for you. When you call our phone number 919-828-5426 and press 2, you will hear a recording with "Today's prices" where we buy and sell scrap metal at great prices per pound.  This is for:
 

-Steel

-Cast Iron

-Copper

-Yellow Brass

-Red Brass

-Aluminum

-Aluminum Cans

-Appliances

-Computers

-Electronics
-Junk Cars
-Salvage Cars

-Stainless Steel

-Batteries

-and more.

We continue to have a three part focus at Raleigh Recycling
1) Public (Drop off)-or we pick up Junk Cars
2) Industrial/Commercial customers

3) Demolition Customers

If you are a large Commercial, Industrial or Demolition company, you should call our Grant Kiser at 919-710-3805 to discuss prices or call me, Greg at 734-740-9514.  We can give you prices for scrap metal, Cardboard, Copper, Electronics, Computers and more.

Or for just Appliances or Junk Metal removal, just call Kenny at 919-348-0545!

 

An important part of our company is that we have 11 digital, NC State certified scales that we use to service our Industrial and Commercial Customers.  Almost double our closest competitor, meaning we get you in and out fast and with accuracy!  We are not just a Junk Yard or a Salvage Yard, or even a Scrap Yard.  We are a major Raleigh NC, Recycling Center.

Importantly, we sell direct to Steel mills or divisions of steel mills, not to middle men who take a commission, so we pass that savings on to you!  We even ship our steel out mostly by rail car (not trucks) to save money in shipping, which we pass on to you

JUNK CARS, Salvage Cars

1) WE TOW-JUNK CAR-JUNK CAR REMOVAL
-Get Cash on the spot
-Any condition, running or not running
-Keys or no keys, engine or no engine
-Call 919-758-3764 for JUNK CAR REMOVAL!

2) Drive it in, or you tow it in!
-Get Cash on the spot
-Any condition
-In and out fast!

Come to us at:

 

Raleigh Metal Recycling

2310 Garner Road

Raleigh, NC 27610

Telephone- 919-828-5426

When in Raleigh, Durham, Apex, Butner, Clayton, Garner, Henderson, Oxford, Morrisville, Smithfield, Wake Forest, Burlington, Fayetteville, come see us at:

Raleigh Recycling
2310 Garner Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27610

Tel 919-828-5426

www.raleighscrapmetalrecycling.com


When in Goldsboro, LaGrange, Kinston, Mt. Olive, Smithfield, New Bern, come see us at:
Goldsboro Recycling
801 N. John St.
Goldsboro, NC 27530

Tel: 919-731-5600

www.goldsboroscrapmetalrecycling.com 

When in Wilson, NC, Tarboro, NC, Rocky Mount, NC, come see us at:

Wilson Scrap Metal Recycling J&G
404 Maury Road S
Wilson, NC, 27892
Tel 252-243 3586

www.wilsonncscrapmetalrecyclingjg.com

 

 

Greg Brown
gbrown@raleighscrapmetalrecycling.com
Tel 919-828-5426

Scrap metal Raleigh, NC, Durham, NC

Appliance Pick up, Appliance Removal, Junk Metal Pick up

Junk Car for Cash-Junk Car Removal-Towing

 

 

Caterpillar Has A China Problem

Dec 16 2013, 06:54 by: Seeking Profits   

 

Disclosure: I am long FCX. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article. (More...)

Needless to say, 2013 has been a challenging year for Caterpillar (CAT). Shares are down 4% while the market has rallied significantly to new heights, and management has called the bottom incorrectly several times with repeated disappointments and guidance cuts. In some ways, Caterpillar has been a victim of circumstances. With falling metal prices and over-levered miners, they have had to cut mining activities and capital expenditures, crushing demand for CAT machinery. Caterpillar's management does deserve blame for not seeing the massive slowdown, guiding to it, and preparing for it, but it cannot be blamed for fluctuations in commodity prices.

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Now, management has guided to a flat performance in 2014 with sales within 5% of 2013 after a 17% drop from 2012 (full guidance available here). This suggests EPS of about $5.50, plus or minus $0.40 and a forward multiple of 15.6x. As you would expect, mining will be the weakest segment at Caterpillar after falling 40% this year. I had been targeting a 10-15% decline next year, which will erase stabilization and mild improvement at the construction and power units.
With miners, particularly those involved with gold, cutting capital plans next year, it is not surprising to see Cat's mining supply unit the weakest. Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) has promised shareholders a $1.9 billion cap-ex reduction while gold miners like Newcrest and Barrick Gold (ABX) have suspended projects after taking multi-billion write-downs. Barrick is mothballing its Pascua-Lama project, laying off hundreds of workers, after a dilutive secondary. Even diversified giants like Rio Tinto (RIO) and BHP Billiton (BHP) have promised restraint in their capital plans until metal prices start to show sustained improvement.
All of this signals problems for Caterpillar, and the company has been fighting to maintain share and simply suffer along with the market. To lose share in an eroding market would be catastrophic for results. This is my new concern. For years, China had been the savior of machinery equipment firms like CAT and Joy Global (JOY) because the country was consuming so much raw material (boosting prices and thereby cap-ex) without having any companies that could supply machinery of similar quality. As a consequence, CAT got the benefit of the new market without any additional competition. However, this might be changing.
Rio Tinto CEO Sam Walsh has said his firm has begun to buy equipment from Chinese firms and that the quality has been "much higher" than from traditional suppliers (remarks available here). No Chinese firm yet has the scale or brand of Caterpillar, but if some are beginning to churn out equipment of similar or better quality, CAT will have to fight more aggressively for share, especially as many of these firms enjoy significant cost advantages, operating solely in China.
With China a critical end-market and the importance of currying favor with the regime, miners may very well be interested in purchasing equipment from Chinese firms. For Caterpillar, the market is growing increasingly competitive just at the wrong time: when sales are in sharp decline. Lost share or a price war would only exacerbate the company's growth problem. Now, it should not surprise anyone that China is catching up on quality as that is really a matter of time and effort in studying best practices and existing machines.
Moreover, Caterpillar saw this day coming as the company made an $800 million purchase of a Chinese equipment maker, ERA Mining Machinery, last year. Clearly, CAT wanted to gain a production foothold in China and saw a manufacturer whose product quality was worth owning. Of course, this deal has not worked out well for CAT with the revelation that the books were cooked forcing a $580 million write-down (details available here). While CAT clearly targeted the wrong firm, it is equal clear that CAT saw China-made equipment it wanted in its portfolio. It is not surprising then that other Chinese firms are delivering high quality products.
After this news, I am more concerned about Caterpillar than I was before. Given management's track record of over-optimism and tremendous structural weakness in the mining sector, I thought the bottom half of 2014 guidance was more likely, suggesting EPS in the $5.25-$5.50 range. However, if we see price degradation or lost market share, mining declines will be worse, pushing EPS even lower. Equally important, over the long run beyond 2014, CAT's rebound will inevitably be slower as it fends off fierce competition from China. At $86 Caterpillar is appreciably over-priced, and I would be a buyer at no more than 13x earnings or $71. The machinery space is too bad, and investors would be far better owning a high quality miner like Freeport or non-mining machinery company like Deere (DE).