Pricing for Americas

Pricing news and surcharges for Outokumpu Americas

 
AMERICAS BASE PRICES AND EXTRAS
Outokumpu Americas base pricing
Outokumpu Americas extras schedule            
 Outokumpu Americas Price Announcement November 2021
Outokumpu Americas Price Announcement November 2021
Outokumpu Americas Price Announcement September 2021 
 Outokumpu Americas Price Announcement August 2021
 Outokumpu Americas Price Announcement June 2021 
 Outokumpu Americas Price Announcement May 2021
 Outokumpu Americas Price Announcement March 2021
Outokumpu Americas Price Announcement February 2021
Outokumpu Americas Price Announcement January 2021
 Outokumpu Americas Price Announcement January 2021
 Outokumpu Americas Price Announcement January 2021
Outokumpu Americas Price Announcement February 2020
Outokumpu Americas Price Announcement August 2018

Monthly surcharge chrome calculation change

October 28, 2021 

November 1st 2021 price announcement

The following announcement applies to our U.S. and Canada business.

Effective with shipments beginning November 1, 2021 Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC will implement the following price
adjustments for all Non-Contract items.

  • A new Silicon surcharge will be applied to all grades.
    • The new surcharge methodology will be calculated based on the averaged four weeks prior to the 20th of
      each month with a trigger price of $1.50 and a multiplier of 2.2%, based on S&P Global Platts, Ferrosilicon
      75% Si EXW USD c/lb price index.
  • Going forward the surcharge will now include the following elements: Molybdenum, Nickel, Chrome, Iron, Titanium,
    Manganese, Niobium, Energy and Silicon.

 

October 13, 2021 

November 1st 2021 price announcement

The following announcement applies to our U.S. and Canada business.

Effective with shipments beginning November 1, 2021 Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC will implement the following price
adjustments for all Non-Contract items.

  • Cold Rolled material will have their discounts reduced by 3 discount points on the following grades:
    • 304 / 304L and 316L grades.
    • 200 series.
    • 300 series.
  • Cold Rolled material will have their discounts reduced by 5 discount points on 430 grades.
  • Cold Rolled material will have their discounts reduced by 6 discount points on all other 400 series.
  • Continuous Mill Plate (CMP) on thickness ≥ 3/16" will increase by $8.00/cwt.
  • Continuous Mill Plate (CMP) on thickness < 3/16" will increase by $13.00/cwt.
  • An Extra of $8.00/cwt will be applied to 301 Si Grade Adder (refer to section 1 - F in Extras Schedule).
  • Temper Adder will change from $24.00/cwt as following (refer to section 2 in Extras Schedule).
    • A - 1/8 and 1/4 hard - no change.
    • B - 1/2 hard - $26.00/cwt
    • C - 3/4 hard - $28.00/cwt
    • D - Full hard - $30.00/cwt
  • 72” Wide Coil Adder will change from $20.00/cwt to $25.00/cwt (refer to section 3 - D in Extras Schedule).
  • 200 Series and 301 Grade Gauge Adder will change from $15.00/cwt to $18.00/cwt (refer to section 3 -
    F in Extras Schedule).
  •  A change on Gauge Adder extra on all series except 200 series as following (refer to section 3 in Extras
    Schedule)
  • G - Gauge Adder (20 gauge to 22 gauge), an increase of $2.00/cwt a new total of $12.00/cwt.
  • H - Gauge Adder (23 gauge to 24 gauge), an increase of $2.00/cwt a new total of $14.00/cwt.
  • I - Gauge Adder (25 gauge to 29 gauge), an increase of $3.00/cwt a new total of $18.00/cwt.
    • All freight rates will be reviewed with changes effective November 1, 2021.

August 11, 2021 

September 1st 2021 price announcement

The following announcement applies to our U.S. and Canada business.

Effective with shipments beginning September 1, 2021 Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC will implement the following price
adjustments for all Non-Contract items.

  • Cold Rolled material will have their discounts reduced by 1 point on the following grades:
    • 200 series.
    • 301 grades.
    • 304 / 304L grades.
    • 316L grades.
    • 430 grades.
  • Cold Rolled material will have their discounts reduced by 3 discount points on other 300 series.
  • Cold Rolled material will have their discounts reduced by 4 discount points on other 400 series.
  • Continuous Mill Plate (CMP) on thickness ≥ 3/16" will increase by $4.00/cwt.
  • Continuous Mill Plate (CMP) on thickness < 3/16" will increase by $8.00/cwt.
  • All Temper Adder will change from $14.00/cwt to $24.00/cwt (refer to section 2 in Extras Schedule).
  • 72” Wide Coil Adder will change from $18.00/cwt to $20.00/cwt (refer to section 3 - D in Extras Schedule).
  • Coil width less than 48" Adder will change from $8.00/cwt to $12.00/cwt (refer to section 3 - E in Extras
    Schedule).
  • An Extra of $15.00/cwt will be applied to 301 Grade Gauge Adder (refer to section 3 - F in Extras Schedule).
  • An Extra applied to Cold Rolled CTL Extra By Gauge (refer to section 7 - A to L in Extras Schedule).
  • An Extra applied to Hot Rolled CTL Extra By Gauge (refer to section 8 - A to D in Extras Schedule).

July 19, 2021 

August 1st 2021 price announcement

The following announcement applies to our U.S. and Canada business.

Effective with shipments beginning August 1, 2021 Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC will implement the following price
adjustments for all Non-Contract items.

  • Cold Rolled material will have their discounts reduced by 2 discount points on 200, 300, and 400 series.
  • A change on Light Gauge Adder extra on all series except 200 series as following (refer to section 3 in Extras
    Schedule)
    • G - Light Gauge Adder (18 gauge to 19 gauge), an increase of $5.00/cwt.
    • H - Light Gauge Adder (20 gauge to 22 gauge), no change.
    • I - Light Gauge Adder (23 gauge to 24 gauge), an increase of $2.00/cwt a new total of $12.00/cwt.
    • J - Light Gauge Adder (25 gauge to 29 gauge), an increase of $5.00/cwt a new total of $15.00/cwt.

May 17, 2021 

June 1st 2021 price announcement

Effective with shipments beginning June 1, 2021 Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC will implement the following price
adjustments for all Non-Contract items.

  • Cold Rolled material will have their discounts reduced by 2 discount points on the following grades:
    • 200 series
    • 300 series
  • Cold Rolled 400 Series discounts including automotive grades will be reduced by 3 discount points.
  • Continuous Mill Plate (CMP) will increased by $5.00/cwt.
  • An Extra increase from $5.00/cwt to $8.00/cwt will be applied to Coil width less than 48" (refer to
    section 3 - E in Extras Schedule)
  • A Change on Light Gauge Adder extra from 21 to 20 Gauge (refer to section 3 - F in Extras Schedule)
  • An Extra of $15.00/cwt will be applied to 200 series Light Gauge Adder (refer to section 3 - G in
    Extras Schedule)
  • An Extra increase from $3.00/cwt to $5.00/cwt will be applied to Coils less than 200 PIW (refer to
    section 4 - A in Extras Schedule)
  • An Extra increase from $3.00/cwt to $6.00/cwt will be applied to Bright Anneal (refer to section 5
    - E in Extras Schedule)
  • An Extra will be applied to Packaging Extras as following (refer to section 10 in Extras Schedule)
    • B - Standard CTL Skids (lengths 96” - 192”) an increase from $50.00/each to $90.00/each.
    • C - Standard CTL Skids (lengths 192” – 240”) an increase from $ 150.00 to $230.00/each.
    • D - Standard CTL Skids (lengths 240”- 360") an increase from $250.00/each to $260.00/each.
    • E - Coil Skids an increase from $15.00/each to $35.00/each.
  • An Extra of 10% will be applied to All Protective Films.

Discount point increase is incremental to all other previous price announcement

April 21, 2021 

May 1st 2021 price announcement

Effective with shipments beginning May 1, 2021 Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC will implement the following price
adjustments for all Non-Contract items.

  • An Extra of $5.00/cwt will be applied to Light Gauge Adder (21 gauge and lighter) (refer to section
    3 - F in Extras Schedule)
  • An Extra of $7.00/cwt will be applied to Single Cast Product (refer to section 3 - G in Extras
    Schedule)
  • An Extra applied to CTL Extra By Gauge (refer to section 7 - B to K in Extras Schedule)

This increase is incremental to all other previous price announcements.

March 15, 2021

April 1st 2021 price announcement 

Effective with shipments beginning April 1, 2021 Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC will implement the following price adjustments for all Non-Contract items.

  • All 201 grade material will have its discount reduced by 4 points
  • All 301 grade material will have its discount reduced by 2 points
  • An Extra of $4/cwt will be applied to 201LN and 301LN grade material (refer to section 1-C in Extras Schedule)

This increase is incremental to all other previous price announcements.

January 25, 2021 

February 1st 2021 price announcement 

Effective with shipments beginning February 1st, 2021 Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC will implement the following price adjustments for all Non-Contract items. 

  • Cold Rolled material will have their discounts reduced by 3 points on the following grades:
    o 200 series
    o 300 series excluding standard grades (see below)
    o 400 series
  •  Cold Rolled 304, 304L and 316L discounts will be reduced by 2 points
  • Hot Rolled and Discrete Plate will change by $3/cwt
  • An Extra of $5/cwt will be applied to all widths less than 48” wide (refer to section 3-E in Extras Schedule)
  • An Extra of $5/cwt will be applied to 21 gauge and lighter (refer to section 3-F in Extras Schedule)
  • An Extra of $18/cwt will be applied to 72” Wide Coil (refer to section 3-D in Extras Schedule)
  • All freight rates will be reviewed with changes effective March 1, 2021

This increase is incremental to all other previous price announcements.

December 18, 2020 

January 1st 2021 price announcement Effective with shipments beginning January 1st, 2021 Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC will implement the following price adjustments for all Non-Contract items. 
  • Cold Rolled 300 series and 400 series will have their discounts reduced by 2 points. 
  • Continuous Mill Plate (CMP) will increase by $3/cwt. 
  • All Temper Extras will change to $14/cwt (refer to section 2 in Extras Schedule). 
  • An Extra of $3/cwt will be applied to all widths less than 48” wide (refer to section 3-E in Extras Schedule). 
This increase is incremental to all other previous price announcements.  

December 7, 2020

January 1st 2021 price announcement
Effective with shipments beginning January 1st 2021 Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC will implement the following price adjustments for all Non-Contract items in the USA & Canada.
  • All 201 grade discounts will be reduced by 3 discount points 
  • Polished Extras will be reduced by 10 percentage points 

All pending quotes are subject to the above price increases. Please contact your local Outokumpu sales representative with any questions.

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 changes

Effective 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 changes

Effective 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 increase

Effective 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.