Monthly surcharge chrome calculation change
February 25, 2020
March 1st 2020 price increase announcement
Effective with shipments beginning March 1st 2020 Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC will implement the following price adjustments for all Non-Contract items in the USA & Canada.
- Cold Rolled 200 Series will have their discount reduced by 2 total points.
- Cold Rolled 300 Series will have their discount reduced by 2 total points.
- Cold Rolled 430 will have their discount reduced by 2 total points.
All pending quotes are subject to the above price increases. Please contact your local Outokumpu sales representative with any questions.
July 20, 2018
August 1st 2018 price increase announcement
Effective with shipments beginning August 1 st Outokumpu Coil Americas will implement the following price adjustments for all Non-Contract items in the USA & Canada.
- Cold Rolled 200 Series will have their discount reduced by 2 total points.
- Cold Rolled 301 will have their discount reduced by 2 total points.
Separately, effective with orders placed beginning 1 August, Outokumpu Coil Americas will implement a 72” wide price extra of .12/pound for all CR and HR items produced in Calvert, Alabama.
All pending quotes are subject to the above price increases and please note that we have updated our Terms and Conditions on March 8th which can be reviewed on our website. Please contact your local Outokumpu Americas sales representative with any questions.
March 12, 2018
April 1st 2018 price announcement
Effective with shipments beginning April 1st, Outokumpu Coil Americas will implement the following price adjustments for all Non-Contract items in the USA & Canada:
- Cold Rolled 300 & 400 Series will have their discount reduced by 2 total points.
- Cold Rolled 200 Series will have their discount reduced by 4 total points.
- HBW/CMP base pricing will be increased by $3.50/cwt and 200 Series will be increased by $7.00/cwt.
- Polish Discounts will be reduced by 10%
Separately, effective with shipments beginning April 1st, Outokumpu Coil Americas will implement an electrode adder of .036/pound for all stainless steels to our existing published surcharges. This increase is necessary to cover the rising raw material costs in the production of electrodes and refractories.
All pending quotes are subject to the above price increases and please note that we have updated our Terms and Conditions on March 8 which can be reviewed on our website. Please contact your local Outokumpu Americas sales representative with any questions.
February 23, 2018
March 2018 price announcement
Effective with shipments beginning March 1st Outokumpu Coil Americas will implement the following price increase on all PIE/Non-contract orders:
- Cold Rolled 200, 300 & 400 Series will have their discount reduced by 1 total point.
- HBW/CMP base pricing will be increased by $1.50/cwt
All pending quotes are subject to the above price increase. Please contact your local Outokumpu Americas sales representative with any questions.
December 26, 2017
January 2018 Price Increase Announcement
Effective with shipments beginning January 1st Outokumpu Coil Americas will implement the following price increase on all PIE/Non-contract orders:
- Cold Rolled 200, 300 & 400 Series will have their discount reduced by 2 total points.
- CMP base pricing will be increased by .02/pound.
- Polish extra will be reduced by 10 percentage points.
Your Outokumpu sales representative is available to discuss this issue with you in more detail.
September 21, 2017
Outokumpu Coil Americas price announcement
Effective with shipments beginning November 1st, 2017, Outokumpu Coil Americas will implement the following price increase on all PIE/Non-contract orders:
- Cold Rolled 200, 300 & 400 Series will have their discount reduced by 2 total points.
- CMP base pricing will be increased by .02/pound on 3/16” and heavier items.
- CMP base pricing will be increased by .04/pound on items less than 3/16” thick.
All pending quotes are subject to the above price increase. Please contact your local Outokumpu Americas sales representative with any questions.
August 30, 2017
Outokumpu Coil Americas price announcement Canada
Effective with new orders placed beginning September 1st, 2017, Outokumpu Coil Americas will implement the following price increase on all PIE/Non-contract orders:
- Cold Rolled 200, 300 & 400 Series will have their discount reduced by 1 point.
- CMP base pricing will be increased by .02/pound.
- Polish Discounts will be reduced 10 points.
All pending quotes are subject to the above price increase. Please contact your local Outokumpu Americas sales representative with any questions.
August 23, 2017
Outokumpu Coil Americas price announcement
Effective with shipments beginning September 1st, 2017, Outokumpu Coil Americas will implement the following price increase on all PIE/Non-contract orders:
- Cold Rolled 200, 300 & 400 Series will have their discount reduced by 2 total points.
- CMP base pricing will be increased by .03/pound.
- Polish Discounts will be reduced 10 points.
All pending quotes are subject to the above price increase. Please contact your local Outokumpu Americas sales representative with any questions.
June 26, 2017
Outokumpu Americas Pricing Schedule
Download pricing schedule for Outokumpu Americas, effective July 1st, 2017.
March 1, 2017
1 April 2017 Price Increase Announcement
Effective with shipments, April 1st, 2017, Outokumpu Coil Americas will implement the following price increase:
- Cold Rolled 200, 300 & 430 Series will have their discount reduced by 2 total points.
Please contact your local Outokumpu Americas sales representative with any questions.
January 5, 2017
Outokumpu Coil Americas price announcement
Effective today, January 5th, 2017, on all new orders, Outokumpu Coil Americas will make the following adjustment on the 201 and 201LN alloys:
- Cold Rolled 200 Series product discount will be reduced by 2 discount points.
- Base Prices for 201 / 201LN will be increased to the following:
- 201: $150/cwt
- 201LN: $160/cwt
Please contact your local Outokumpu Americas sales representative with any questions.
Download cold rolled stainless price schedule, January 2017
December 6, 2016
Price Announcement from Outokumpu Coil Americas
Effective with shipments, January 1st, 2017, Outokumpu Coil Americas will increase prices as follows:
- All Cold Rolled 200, 300 and 400 series discounts will be reduced by 2 points.
- This in effect, increases prices on average of 6%.
- Additionally, CMP pricing will be raised by $0.02/pound.
All open/unsigned 2017 pricing agreements with Outokumpu are now null and void and need to be re-confirmed.
Please contact your local Outokumpu Americas sales representative with any questions.
Download cold rolled stainless price schedule, November 2016
October 24, 2016
Change in Outokumpu Stainless Bar surcharge calculation
Effective with the release of our November 2016 stainless surcharges, Outokumpu Stainless Bar will implement a change to the index used to calculate the chrome portion of our surcharges, changing from Platts to the quarterly European ferrochrome benchmark.
The quarterly European ferrochrome benchmark is published in the Metal Bulletin.
Your Outokumpu Territory Manager is available should you have any questions on our published surcharges.
October 11, 2016
Change in Americas surcharge calculation
Effective with the release of our November 2016 stainless surcharges, Outokumpu Americas will implement a change to the index used to calculate the chrome portion of our surcharges, changing from Platts to the quarterly European ferrochrome benchmark.
The quarterly European ferrochrome benchmark is published in the Metal Bulletin.
Your Outokumpu Territory Manager is available should you have any questions on our published surcharges.
September 8, 2016
Price Announcement for US Customers Only
Effective with shipments, October 1st, 2016, Outokumpu Americas will increase prices as follows:
- All Cold Rolled 200 and 430 series products discounts will be reduced by 2 discount points.
- All Hot Rolled CMP products for 200 grades only will be increased by $0.02/lb.
- Additionally, Temper Extras will increase by $0.02/lb
Please contact your Outokumpu Coil Americas sales representative with any questions.
April 20th, 2016
Price Increases for Canada
Effective today, April 20th, 2016, on all new orders, Outokumpu Americas will increase prices as follows:
- All Cold Rolled 200, 300 and 430 series products discounts will be reduced by 2 discount points.
Please contact your Outokumpu Americas sales representative with any questions.
April 15th, 2016
Price Increases for USA
Effective with shipments, Tuesday, May 1st, 2016, Outokumpu Coil Americas will increase prices as follows:
- All Cold Rolled 200, 300 and 430 series products discounts will be reduced by 2 discount points.
- All Hot Rolled CMP products will be increased by $0.02/lb.
All active request for quotes which were not confirmed 4/14/16 or earlier will be subject to the price changes listed above.
Please contact your Outokumpu Coil Americas sales representative with any questions.
March 23rd, 2016
Coil Americas Quality and Processing Extras
Please contact your Outokumpu Coil Americas sales representative with any questions. Download Outokumpu Stainless Americas extras schedule
March 18th, 2016
Coil Americas Cold Rolled Stainless Price Schedule
Please contact your Outokumpu Coil Americas sales representative with any questions. Download cold rolled stainless price schedule
February 11, 2016
Price Increases for USA & Canada
Effective with shipments, Tuesday, March 1st, 2016, Outokumpu Coil Americas will increase prices as follows:
- All Cold Rolled 200, 300 and 430 series products discounts will be reduced by 2 discount points.
- All Hot Rolled CMP products will be increased by $60/MT.
Please contact your Outokumpu Coil Americas sales representative with any questions.
December 10th, 2015
Outokumpu Coil Americas Price Increases
Effective with shipments, Monday, January 4th, 2016, Outokumpu Coil Americas will increase prices as follows:
- All Cold Rolled 200, 300 and 430 series products discounts will be reduced by 4 discount points.
- All Hot Rolled CMP products will be increased by $.02/lb.
- Polished extras will be reduced by 10 percentage points.
Please contact your Outokumpu Coil Americas sales representative with any questions.
September 18th, 2015
Coil Americas Cold Rolled Stainless Price Schedule
Please contact your Outokumpu Coil Americas sales representative with any questions.
Download cold rolled stainless price schedule
June 20th, 2014
Outokumpu Stainless Americas implements price adjustments
Effective with shipments, July 7th, 2014, Outokumpu Stainless Americas will make the following changes:
Alloy base prices will increase based on chart below:
| 200/300 SERIES | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade | 201 | 201 LN | 301 | 304 | 304L | 316L |
| Base | $152.00 | $162.00 | $146.00 | $152.00 | $162.00 | $213.00 |
| 400 SERIES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade | 430 | 439 | 441 | 444 |
| Base | $95.00 | $113.00 | $117.00 | $169.00 |
Our revised price schedule is attached below
- Polish and rolled on finish discounts will reduced by 10% percentage points to increase prices.
- Emission control grades will be raised by $0.04/lb.
Please contact your Outokumpu Stainless Americas sales representative with any questions.
June 6th, 2014
Outokumpu Stainless Americas implements price adjustments
Effective with shipments, June 6th, 2014, Outokumpu Stainless Americas will make the following price adjustments:
- New base for the grade 201 is $140.00
- New base for the grade 201LN is $150.00
Please contact your Outokumpu Stainless Americas sales representative with any questions.
April 24th, 2014
Monthly surcharges published for May has been revised on April 23 at 18:00 CET
Monthly surcharges published on April 22 for May have been revised after second quarter European charge and high carbon ferrochrome benchmark price was settled, on April 23, 2014 09:11 GMT, at $1.22 per lb, up 4 cents since the first quarter. Source: Metalbulletin.com
April 15th, 2014
Outokumpu Stainless Americas implements changesEffective with shipments, June 2nd, 2014, Outokumpu Stainless Americas will make the following price increases:
- All Cold Rolled 200, 300 and 430 series products
- Reduction of alloy discount by 2 discount points.
- All Hot Rolled / CMP products
- Prices increased by $0.02/lb
- BA (bright annealed) and temper extras
- $0.03/lb increase
- Updated changes to gauge/width price page.
- Increased extras reflected on 20 gauge and lighter.
Please contact your Outokumpu Stainless Americas sales representative with any questions.
April 3th, 2014
Outokumpu Stainless Americas implements changesEffective with shipments, April 7th, 2014, Outokumpu Stainless Americas will make the following changes:
- Polish and rolled on finish discounts will be reduced by 10%.
- Depot adder of $3.50/cwt for Cold Rolled and Hot Rolled.
- Updated changes to extras price page.
Please contact your Outokumpu Stainless Americas sales representative with any questions.
March 14th, 2014
Outokumpu Stainless Americas implements a price increaseEffective with shipments, April 1st, 2014, Outokumpu Stainless Americas will implement the following price increase: All 200, 300 and 430 cold rolled stainless products discounts will be reduced by 2 discount points.
Please contact your Outokumpu Stainless Americas sales representative with any questions.
March 13th, 2014
New Outokumpu conditions of sale available
Outokumpu have updated its terms & conditions of sale under which Outokumpu sell its stainless steel products. These new Conditions of Sale are easier to read and understand. Further the whole of Outokumpu Group now will use the same basic wording in their sales contracts.