SteelNews.com Article
AK Steel Announces March 2010 Surcharges
Feb. 2, 2010 AK Steel has announced that it will add a $325 per ton surcharge to invoices for electrical steel products shipped in March 2010.
The company noted that its surcharges are based on reported prices for the raw materials and energy used to manufacture the products. January 2010 purchase costs were used to determine the March 2010 surcharges.
AK Steel has summarized its March 2010 surcharges on its website at www.aksteel.com.
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 6200 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 300 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.