AK Steel to Increase Prices for Carbon Steel Products
07/31/2009 - AK Steel says it will increase spot market prices for carbon steel products effective with all new orders for September and October shipment.
AK Steel announced that it will increase spot market prices for its carbon steel products by $40 per ton.
The increase becomes effective with all new orders for September and October shipment.
AK Steel produces flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steels, primarily for automotive, appliance, construction and electrical power generation and distribution markets. The company employs about 6100 men and women in Middletown, Mansfield, Coshocton and Zanesville, Ohio; Butler, Pa.; Ashland, Ky.; Rockport, Ind.; and its corporate headquarters in West Chester, Ohio.
AK Tube LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of AK Steel, employs about 250 men and women in plants in Walbridge, Ohio, and Columbus, Ind. AK Tube produces carbon and stainless electric resistance welded (ERW) tubular steel products for truck, automotive and other markets.
