The West Coast market for structural steel tubing remains in limbo as the latest increase by mills east of the Rockies has yet to gain acceptance in the region.

A $60-per-ton ($3-per-hundredweight) hike in late January announced by mills east of the Rockies hasn't taken hold, market sources said, noting that most mills on the West Coast have yet to follow their Midwest counterparts.

The latest increase would raise the f.o.b. mill price of core sizes of A500...