It is reported that the major stainless steel producers have remained alloy surcharge unchanged for 304 grade cold rolled stainless steel sheet with thickness of 2mm for January 2012.

The average alloy surcharge for CR stainless steel sheets in the European stainless steel mills including Acerinox, Aperam, Outokumpu and ThyssenKrupp remained flat at EUR 1,339 per tonne for January 2012.

Among them, Acerinox increased the alloy surcharge to EUR 1,342 per tonne from EUR 1,333 per tonne; ThyssenKrupp cut the alloy surcharge to EUR 1,343 per tonne from EUR 1,347 per tonne and Outokumpu hiked the alloy surcharge to EUR 1,335 per tonne and Aperam rose the alloy surcharge to EUR 1,343 per tonne from EUR 1,336 per tonne.

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