Platts has reported that the American flat-rolled stainless steel monthly surcharges for April 2015 have fallen to their lowest levels since summer 2009.
North American, AK Steel and ATI Allegheny Ludlum all published their April flat-roll surcharges with Type 304 and 316 stainless steel ranging inbetween 61.31-61.34 cents per Ib. and 81.98-82.02 cents per Ib. respectively. These two nickel-bearing grades of stainless were down from 65.06-65.23 cents per lb and 87.01-88.03 cent per lb. in March for Type 304 and 316, respectively.