{"id":55407,"date":"2026-01-28T11:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T05:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=55407"},"modified":"2026-01-28T11:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T05:37:09","slug":"japan-tokyo-steel-cuts-scrap-purchase-prices-at-kyushu-keeps-rates-unchanged-at-other-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=55407&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Japan: Tokyo Steel cuts scrap purchase prices at Kyushu, keeps rates unchanged at other plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tokyo Steel revised its scrap purchase prices for the second time this month, effective January 27, 2026. The company cut prices by JPY 500 ($3\/t) at its Kyushu plant, while keeping rates unchanged at other facilities. Price revisions at the Takamatsu plant remain suspended.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kyushu: JPY 43,500\/t ($284\/t).<\/li>\n<li>Tahara, Okayama, Nagoya, Kansai, Utsunomiya and Tokyo Bay: JPY 44,000\/t ($287\/t).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tokyo Steel revised its scrap purchase prices for the second time this month, effective January&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55408,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[313],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iron-steel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-28T113632.121.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1?v=1769578623",1280,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-28T113632.121.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1?v=1769578623",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-28T113632.121.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1?v=1769578623",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-28T113632.121.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1?v=1769578623",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-28T113632.121.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1?v=1769578623",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-28T113632.121.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1?v=1769578623",1280,720,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-28T113632.121.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1?v=1769578623",1280,720,true],"covernews-slider-full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-28T113632.121.jpg?resize=1115%2C715&ssl=1?v=1769578623",1115,715,true],"covernews-slider-center":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-28T113632.121.jpg?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1?v=1769578623",800,500,true],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-28T113632.121.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1?v=1769578623",1024,576,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-28T113632.121.jpg?resize=540%2C340&ssl=1?v=1769578623",540,340,true],"covernews-medium-square":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-28T113632.121.jpg?resize=400%2C250&ssl=1?v=1769578623",400,250,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Biz Trend 24","author_link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/author\/online24"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?cat=313&#038;lang=en\" rel=\"category\">Iron &amp; Steel<\/a>","tag_info":"Iron &amp; Steel","comment_count":0,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2026-01-28T113632.121.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1?v=1769578623","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53644,"url":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=53644&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":55407,"position":0},"title":"Japan: Tokyo Steel reduces scrap purchase prices at Kyushu, lifts rates at Utsunomiya","author":"Biz Trend 24","date":"January 11, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Tokyo Steel has revised its scrap purchase prices, effective 10 Jan'26 -- the second revision of the month. 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