Stainless steel mills raise most Jan. surcharges

Dec 27, 2012 | 12:28 PM | Thorsten Schier

Tags  stainless, surcharges, ATI Allegheny Ludlum, AK Steel, NAS, North American Stainless, Type 304, Type 316 Type 201

NEW YORK — Domestic stainless steel mills have raised most surcharges for January on the back of higher raw material prices.

West Chester, Ohio-based AK Steel Corp. has set its surcharges at 77.47 cents per pound for Type 304 material, up 6 percent from 73.1 cents this month; 51.23 cents per pound for Type 201, up 3.8 percent from 49.37 cents; and $1.0941 per pound....





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