WEST CHESTER, Ohio, July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AK Steel (NYSE:AKS) said today that it will increase spot market prices for its carbon steel products by $50 per ton effective with new orders scheduled for delivery on September 1, 2008 and later. AK Steel said that the price increase is in response to increasing global demand for carbon steel products, as well as the need to recover increases in steelmaking inputs.
About AK Steel AK Steel produces flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steels, primarily for automotive, appliance, construction and electrical power generation and distribution markets. The company employs about 6,500 men and women in Middletown, Mansfield, Coshocton and Zanesville, Ohio; Butler, Pennsylvania; Ashland, Kentucky; Rockport, Indiana; and its corporate headquarters in West Chester, Ohio. Additional information about AK Steel is available on the company's web site at http://www.aksteel.com/.
AK Tube LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of AK Steel, employs about 300 men and women in plants in Walbridge, Ohio and Columbus, Indiana. AK Tube produces carbon and stainless electric resistance welded (ERW) tubular steel products for truck, automotive and other markets. Additional information about AK Tube LLC is available on its web site at http://www.aktube.com/. DATASOURCE: AK Steel CONTACT: Media, Alan H. McCoy, Vice President, Government and Public Relations, +1-513-425-2826; or Investors, Albert E. Ferrara, Jr., Vice President, Finance & CFO, +1-513-425-2888 Web site: http://www.aksteel.com/ http://www.aktube.com/
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