Steel Products Prices North America
California Steel Lowers Galvanized Coating Extras
Written by Brett Linton
June 30, 2020
California Steel Industries notified customers on Monday that it will be lowering the extra charge for galvanized coatings due to declines in the market price of zinc. CSI advised customers: “Due to changing zinc costs, our Galvanized Coating Extras have been revised. These changes will be effective beginning with orders placed for August shipment and later.”
SMU has done an analysis on the old and new CSI galvanized extras, provided below.
CSI is the third mill to revise their galvanized coating extras this month, following Nucor and Steel Dynamics.
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