US Steel hike steel flat product prices

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Publish time: 18th October, 2012      Source: ChinaCCM
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It's reported that US Steel announced to hike the prices of steel flat products by US$40/short ton. Also, this is the first time that the company raises prices since this July.

Industry sources said that US Steel decided to raise prices of steel flat products in order to stop the prices to dip further.

At the same time, the Chinese steelmakers' production cut and the price rise in local market have supported US Steel to hike prices of steel flat products.

Meanwhile, it's predicted that the other steel mills in the US would follow US Steel to increase the prices of steel flat products.