MIDDLETOWN, Ohio, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AK Steel has advised its customers that a $135 per ton surcharge will be added to invoices for electrical steel products shipped in December 2006. December 2006 surcharges for the broad range of stainless steel products that AK Steel produces can be found on the company's web site at http://www.aksteel.com/.
AK Steel's surcharges are based on reported prices for raw materials and energy used to manufacture the products, with the October 2006 purchase cost used to determine the December 2006 surcharges.
Headquartered in Middletown, Ohio, AK Steel produces flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steel products, as well as carbon and stainless tubular steel products, for automotive, appliance, construction and manufacturing markets.