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May 16, 2012 – 23:21 GMT Location: Los Angeles KEYWORDS: steel prices , West Coast flat-rolled steel , CSI , California Steel Industries The US West Coast flat-rolled steel market has slowed as buyers become cautious about making commitments too far ahead. “The summer lull has come early for...

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 34% from 660,000 short tons in March to 887,000 tons in April. This is the highest level of flat products imports since we started collecting data in September 2008. The climb was driven by a 75% or 207,000-ton rise...

May 11, 2012 – 00:23 GMT Location: New York KEYWORDS: steel , flat-rolled sheet , AK Steel Corp. US steel sheet tags slipped again this week as attempts by at least one major mill to increase prices were met with skepticism in the market. “You have too many suppliers...

AK Steel said today that it will increase current spot market base prices for all carbon flat-rolled steel products by $40 per ton, effective immediately with new orders.

US raw steel output totaled 1,963,000 net tons last week, down 1.7 percent from 1,997,000 tons the previous week, as mills operated at an average capability utilization rate of 79.4 percent.