{"id":20374,"date":"2026-10-27T10:12:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T10:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/?p=20374"},"modified":"2026-10-27T10:12:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T10:12:27","slug":"japan-electricity-costs-affect-and-scrap-export-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/27\/japan-electricity-costs-affect-and-scrap-export-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan | Electricity costs affect and Scrap export prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tse3.mm.bing.net\/th\/id\/OIP.WZfiHwrIAJfBZCWXRbcNqQHaE8?r=0&amp;w=1024&amp;h=684&amp;rs=1&amp;pid=ImgDetMain&amp;o=7&amp;rm=3\" alt=\"\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4970972218288918;width:415px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Japan | Electricity costs reach their highest level since 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">Japan\u2019s nationwide next-day spot electricity price reached JPY 31.15 per kWh on October 20.<br>Higher imported energy costs increased pressure on electric-arc furnace producers in particular.<br>Sources had not observed widespread operating-rate cuts, but warned about deteriorating profitability at smaller mills.<br>Tokyo Steel announced a JPY 3,000-per-tonne increase for November steel contracts.<br>Other producers also sought higher prices to offset energy, raw-material, freight and labour costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Japan | Scrap export prices rise on stronger domestic demand<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\">Japanese H2 scrap exports rose JPY 1,500 to JPY 51,000\u201352,000 per tonne FOB.<br>Shredded scrap increased to JPY 53,500\u201354,500 per tonne FOB.<br>Tokyo Steel raised purchasing prices at several plants, reinforcing domestic competition for material.<br>Higher offers nevertheless met resistance from overseas buyers, especially Vietnamese mills.<br>Trading remained limited as buyers considered local scrap and imported billet alternatives.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"189\" src=\"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/METAREX-NEWS-AGENTS-LOGO1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18968\" style=\"width:101px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/METAREX-NEWS-AGENTS-LOGO1.jpg 567w, https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/METAREX-NEWS-AGENTS-LOGO1-400x133.jpg 400w, https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/METAREX-NEWS-AGENTS-LOGO1-430x143.jpg 430w, 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