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JP Morgan notes they believe the extreme sell-off in steel stocks today can be largely attributed to a Bloomberg story Tuesday – “ArcelorMittal Says Half of Customers Rejected $250 Surcharge” - quoting Lou Schorsch, head of MT’s Flat Carbon Americas. The market interpreted this information as the steel producers are unable to pass through higher raw material prices with higher steel prices.It should also be noted that the $250/t raw material surcharge, or as MT likes to call it “cost recovery program,” was implemented for their fixed price contracts which represent less than 50% of shipments and not for MT’s spot market shipments. Firm views the program as a success by achieving a 50% success rate given this unprecedented move in altering fixed price contracts….
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