Sample Lead Times by Producing Mill

AK Steel has informed their

customers that their Middletown blast furnace is back in operation and running at normal levels.  They told their customers they expect to be caught up on hot rolled orders by the end of August and cold rolled by the end of September.  Lead times for new orders placed as of Monday were being quoted as follows:

Hot Rolled = 5 to 6 weeks

Cold Rolled = Late September out of Middletown, 3^rd week of October for Rockport.

Galvanized = Early October

Severstal Columbus is advising their customer that their lead times for new orders placed as of Monday of this week:

Hot Rolled = Week ending September 7^th (5 weeks).

Cold Rolled = Week ending October 12^th (10 weeks).

Galvanized = Week ending September 21^st (CR base is 7 weeks add one week for HR base).

Nucor Berkeley is advising their customers that their lead times as of Monday were as follows:

Hot Rolled = Week ending October 5th (48”-60” = 9 weeks)

Cold Rolled = Week ending September 28^th (48”-60” = 8 weeks)

Galvanized = Week ending September 28^th (48”-60” = 8 weeks).

NL MK USA quoted their customers the following lead times as of Monday:

Hot Rolled = Week of September 9^th (6 weeks).

Cold Rolled = Week of October 7^th (10 weeks).

Galvanized = Week of September 30^th (9 weeks).

The Techs advised their customers that their lead times as of Monday of this week were as follows:

MetalTech – Galvanized = Week of September 15^th (7 weeks)

Galvtech – Galvanized = Week of September 15^th (7 weeks)

NexTech – Galvanized = Week of September 15^th (7 weeks)

Number of weeks calculated from Monday of this week (counting this week as week 1).