Steel Products
Nucor Announces $30 Increase on Flat Rolled
Written by John Packard
August 15, 2017
The Nucor Sheet Mill Group, which handles flat rolled products, announced a minimum of $30 per ton ($1.50/cwt) price increase on hot rolled, cold rolled and galvanized steel products. The increases are to go in effect immediately, according to the letter emailed to the Nucor customer base this afternoon.
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