RMDAS™ Ferrous Scrap Price Index

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RMDAS Regional Spot Market Prices - April 2013
Commodity	North Central / East	North Midwest	South	Total US
#1 Heavy Melting Steel	353	355	364	357
Prompt Industrial Comp.	395	395	416	401
Shredded Scrap (#2)	391	388	395	392

North Central / East	#1 Heavy Melting Steel	Prompt Industrial Comp.	Shredded Scrap (#2)
May 2012	403	449	439
June 2012	350	395	389
July 2012	307	341	340
August 2012	363	411	408
September 2012	351	393	401
October 2012	305	339	340
November 2012	350	389	392
December 2012	354	390	392
January 2013	352	391	393
February 2013	342	374	374
March 2013	412	469	448
April 2013	353	395	391

North Midwest	#1 Heavy Melting Steel	Prompt Industrial Comp.	Shredded Scrap (#2)
May 2012	399	444	426
June 2012	340	384	369
July 2012	294	333	328
August 2012	371	405	410
September 2012	352	388	376
October 2012	319	352	336
November 2012	351	390	386
December 2012	356	387	386
January 2013	354	386	387
February 2013	347	377	377
March 2013	407	459	439
April 2013	355	395	388

South	#1 Heavy Melting Steel	Prompt Industrial Comp.	Shredded Scrap (#2)
May 2012	416	453	444
June 2012	360	388	388
July 2012	318	350	345
August 2012	374	420	405
September 2012	370	404	406
October 2012	324	344	355
November 2012	369	397	399
December 2012	374	401	400
January 2013	374	409	406
February 2013	358	396	390
March 2013	405	468	447
April 2013	364	416	395

Total US	#1 Heavy Melting Steel	Prompt Industrial Comp.	Shredded Scrap (#2)
May 2012	405	449	437
June 2012	350	392	385
July 2012	308	342	338
August 2012	386	413	408
September 2012	356	394	398
October 2012	314	341	344
November 2012	354	390	392
December 2012	359	391	393
January 2013	359	396	397
February 2013	347	380	379
March 2013	410	469	446
April 2013	357	401	392

Reported regional aggregated spot market ferrous scrap prices (USD) per gross ton shown for each commodity are based on all Management Science Associates (MSA) Raw Material Data Aggregation Service™ (RMDAS) Participants' actual order data submitted to and processed by MSA as of the 20th of each respective Buy Month, rounded to whole integer. A map of RMDAS regions is available on http://rmdas.msa.com.

Disclaimer: MSA relies upon actual transaction price and volume data provided by each RMDAS Participant, for orders expected to be completed during the reported Buy Month (used as the basis of MSA' s weighted-average aggregation of a particular commodity). RMDAS Participants are required to submit all of their ferrous scrap transaction data to MSA, and such data reflects quantities, qualities, credit terms and many other parameters. Efforts are made to ensure that aggregated Participant pricing information reported in RMDAS is representative and accurate; however, MSA is not responsible for any errors, omissions or inaccuracy of the data furnished by Participants in the RMDAS program. MSA disclaims any liability to any person or entity for any loss or damage that may have been caused by utilizing its published information, including those arising from the negligence of MSA, its employees or representatives.