Cycle of life for steel...

[Guest]

I see that steel is one of the most valuable material...
But what is happened next with steel, because at 125-130 c / pcs dont worth to build cars.
So, my question is what people do with steel at 125-130 c in order to be profitable?

[Guest]

its a core building material. you expand things with it

[Guest]

The major use of steel at the moment is building new buildings and expanding existing ones. Only a month ago you could get steel at 70-80 per unit while there was a lot of companies starting resources being dumped on the market (which inclueds a lot of steel). Also people had less money avaliable to expand their buildings

Now there are few steel producers and a lot of people wanting to expand their buildings, hence the price is the maximum it can be before people buy from raw material LLC.

So in answer to your question people make buildings, which are in turn profiatable (hopefully)

[Guest]

And nothing else is profitable to build with steel at 127 c?

[Guest]

Not really, the only profitable option would be to make the steel yourself. But then of course you'd make more money selling the steel than the end product

Having said that making cars/bikes could be profiatable if your quality level is high enough. There is nothing to stop you building up steel making facilities and researching cars in anticipation of the market price eventually dropping.

[Guest]

wardrobes are the exception I think.

[Guest]

wardrobes are the exception I think.

True, wardrobes only use a small amount of steel, it's mostly wood. The profit can be good if you produce your own materials... it costs around 300 and sells for 1300 in stores, so it is good profit margin, but you couldn't do this buying steel at 120~135 on market.

Also, take note, in the German version, there is no q(0) steel on the market for less than the LLC sells it. Since steel is needed to expand (especially later in the game when expanding 50~100m) there will come a point where steel producers simply can't supply enough steel q(0) to meet demand. At that point, everyone will buy it from LLC at top rates, and it will stay there forever. There is a reason you see these huge companies buying up steel at 125~128 now, they realize that soon, steel will be selling at 135 all the time, and no one will sell it for 125~128 again.

[Guest]

ya wardrobes use alot of steel i make my own now it cost to much on market and i can sell it for 1,400 easy

[Guest]

ya wardrobes use alot of steel i make my own now it cost to much on market and i can sell it for 1,400 easy

Really? I can get the most out of Turkey right now, and I found I could sell them for 14-1500 each, but the time span was not yielding favorable profit results, I turn better profit and keep up with production at around 1300 in turkey, and slightly less in the other reds. Then, I am still at q(0) with wardrobes.

I've found the steel isn't a problem, it's wood. Freakin' wood takes forever to grow!

[Guest]

I've found the steel isn't a problem, it's wood. Freakin' wood takes forever to grow!

Aye. I produce steel like crazy every day, but wood.......takes more than I can bear.

*takes note to expand that plantation for those freakin woods.*

[Guest]

ya wood takes for ever but i was talking if ya buy it off market the prices are crazy ya cant make profits that way wood is always cheap on market so i get the rest from market

[Guest]

exactly! wood takes such a long time but the price in the market, let just say its disappointing Esp when you can see the NPC there selling for way much more then that.