Prices For Industrial Metals And Other Commodities Con-tinue To Rise Dramatically; Freight Costs Also Soaring

For E&S manufacturers and buyers, the substantial rise in the cost of all industrial metals, as well as other critical materials, continues unabated. According to global price trends compiled by MetalMiner for their monthly MetalMiner Index reports, global stainless prices rose 6% mid-December to mid-January, raw (carbon) steel prices surged 16.5%, and copper prices were…