AK Steel Announces Stainless Steel Price Increase

AK Steel AKS said today that it will increase base prices for the following specialty stainless steel products, effective with shipments on January 1, 2014.  All martensitic products All precipitation hardening (PH) products All tensile rolled products All duplex products All bright annealed products All custom melt products or grades that are specific to AK Steel AK Steel said the increase will be achieved through a discount reduction of two percentage points. Surcharges for the broad range of stainless steel products that AK Steel produces will remain in effect, and can be found under the Markets and Products section of the company's web site at www.aksteel.com.   AK SteelAK Steel produces flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steels, primarily for automotive, infrastructure and manufacturing, construction and electrical power generation and distribution markets.  The company employs about 6,100 men and women in Middletown, Mansfield, Coshocton and Zanesville, Ohio; Butler, Pennsylvania; Ashland, Kentucky; Rockport, Indiana; and its corporate headquarters in West Chester, Ohio.  Additional information about AK Steel is available on the company's web site at www.aksteel.com. AK Tube LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AK Steel, employs about 300 men and women in plants in Walbridge, Ohio See full press release
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