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  • June News
  • July Surcharge Update
  • In a Pickle

     
 

JUNE NEWS                                                                                                             

Surcharges for Nickel, Chrome and Moly are down and Iron and Energy surcharges are up. Put them all together and we see a decrease across the board on stainless surcharges for July. Nickel dropped from the April average of $13.05 per pound to the May average of $11.67 per pound. The 304/304L surcharge for July will be $1.5951 per pound. Moly’s average for May was $32.67 per pound. The 316/316L surcharge for July will be $2.4842 per pound down from June $2.6053 per pound. 

 

Stainless mill lead time is running about ten weeks currently.   

 

Carbon mills have announced additional increases and have 12 week lead times

SURCHARGE UPDATE 

 

Alloy 276 2205 304/304L 316/316L 317L
July $14.6356

$2.4629

$1.5951 $2.4842 $2.9962
June $13.3941

$2.5121

$1.6776 $2.6053 $3.1380
May $13.1605

$2.501

$1.6931 $2.6657 $3.2177
April $12.4980 $2.3208 $1.4754 $2.4186 $2.9454
March $14.0280 $2.2403 $1.4141 $2.3520 $2.8766
February $13.8995 $2.1359 $1.3008 $2.2064 $2.7058
January $13.3286 $2.2699 $1.4801 $2.4517 $2.9823
December $12.7413 $2.1958 $1.4617 $2.4159 $2.9311
November $14.5526 $2.1017 $1.3632 $2.2981 $2.7982
October $17.3578 $2.0316 $1.2664 $2.1844 $2.6744
September $20.3818 $2.2191 $1.5329 $2.5080 $3.0299
August $19.1377 $2.4980 $1.8925 $2.9864 $3.5665
July $17.8705 $2.6995 $2.2838 $3.4734 $4.0913

 


The Pickling Process

 

Pickling is the final process for stainless steel and certain alloys. Common stainless steel will not rust when exposed to normal atmospheric conditions. But many of the heads produced will be subject to acids or other corrosive conditions. Stainless steel has a protective layer that forms when the steel surface reacts to the oxygen. This layer can also be disturbed during the forming process.

 

Pickling restores the corrosion resistance to the original material properties. During the process the heads are completely submerged in a heated 25 foot tank. The pickling solution consists of 10% nitric acid and 1.5% ammonium biflouride. After pickling the heads are sprayed with a high temperature steam cleaner. Without pickling the integrity of the steel could be diminished over time. We can also accommodate pickling plate, piping systems or other stainless spare parts.

 

 

PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO TO VIEW THE FULL PICKLING PROCESS

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