Inflationary worries are here to stay. First it was a fuel price hike because of excise levies and now the metal sector is passing on the burden of a hike in excise duty to customers.
• Scrap metal: About $60 per ton is what some local scrap yards pay the public for the steel found in items such as stoves and refrigerators, down from about $250 a ton 90 days ago. A scrap yard may ...