Low demand pressures W. Coast steel tubing
Feb 21, 2013 | 05:55 PM
| Frank Haflich
Tags
steel tubing,
A500 grade B hollow structural sections,
HSS,
imports,
Marcel Van Dijk,
Frank Haflich
LOS ANGELES — Prices for structural steel tubing on the West Coast are showing the effects of continuing low demand as competition among local producers intensifies.
While core sizes of A500 Grade B hollow structural sections (HSS) delivered in the Los Angeles market are reported at $960 to $980 per ton ($48 to $49 per hundredweight), market sources said an increasing amount of tubing appears to be selling in a lower range of $940 to $960 per ton ($47 to $48 per cwt). ....
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