It was another down week for steel prices. The CRU reported US Midwest prices down $6 to $502, Germany down $2 to $422, Italy down $6 to $404 and China down $1 to $380 (all in short ton). CRU had US CRC down $3 to 625 and HDG down $15 to $692. The CRC – HRC differential was up $3 to $123. TSI daily prices did the following WoW: US HRC prices down $5 to $488, NE HRC €402 -€3.0 ($495/st -$15.30), ASEAN $399 +$7 ($362.5/st +$6.3) and Turkish Scrap +$14 to $258. Platt’s pricing was the following: HRC -$2 to $493, CRC -$10 to $630 and HDG down $45 to $685.