![]() ![]() People are scrambling for material.”Īnother factor: Consolidation. Most people in the market see strength through the third quarter, and some don’t see it getting better on the buying side until 2022 sometime,” Schier says. ![]() “I don’t think we’ve hit the peak for steel prices. Instead of paying for experiences and vacations, they were buying a new lawn mower, buying a new car, or white goods like appliances-which are steel intensive,” Thorsten Schier, a metals expert at Fastmarkets, tells Fortune. “What happened, which is similar to lumber, demand during COVID-19 was stronger than first anticipated because of switches in consumption patterns. That quick rebound caught steel mills off-guard. Soon, steel-heavy products like grills and refrigerators were in high demand. Early in the pandemic, stuck at home Americans rushed to spruce up their abodes. But that drop-off in demand didn’t last long for iron ore. What’s going on? During the early months of the 2020 shutdowns, many steel mills shut off production in fear that we were headed into a deep recession-maybe even a depression. Prior to the pandemic, it traded in the $500 to $800 range. The benchmark price for hot-rolled steel hit another all-time high last week, climbing to $1,825. ![]() Since March 2020, steel prices are up a staggering 215%. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Jules finds herself at the center of a massive police investigation. Ten months after the accident, she's still trying to reckon with the fact that she rescued Isaac Greer, another woman's child, when Isaac suddenly vanishes. Reeling from the death of her son, Jules spirals into a violent and unstable mental state. Her son and another teenage boy plunge into the water with her, but Jules can only manage to save one-the wrong one. Therapist turned stay-at-home mom Jules Hart's idyllic suburban life shatters when she crashes her car into an icy lake. ![]() But then who did? Is Isaac the victim of a dangerous killer who's been targeting boys in the Midwest? Or is someone else pulling the strings in this deadly game?"-įrom the bestselling author of The Best of Friends comes a heart-stopping psychological thriller about the shades of truth and the power of lies in the wake of one mother's unspeakable loss. 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