Scrap & Recycling Intelligence
Follow the demand pipeline. Check the physical economy.
Aggregate demand indicator
Equal-weight share of eight demand indicators rising month over month, using the latest common observation month. Flat readings are not rising. Every month requires all eight comparisons; missing data are not filled. Latest revised data, not a real-time backtest. Related indicators are not independent evidence. This is not a prediction of scrap prices or tonnage.
Latest monthly moves
Current conditions
...Not a forecast.
New pipeline metrics do not add duplicate votes to this read.
Source Agreement
...Agreement is not predictive accuracy. Related series are not independent sources.
04 / Composite traces
Scrap Metals and Secondary Commodity are different composites. Image-derived traces show direction only, not comparable price levels or returns.
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