West Coast Galvanized Extras Analysis

Many service centers and end users in Colorado and east of the Rockies have known for years that California Steel and USS/POSCO have lower galvanized coating extras than the domestic steel mills located outside of California.  On Sunday we published a number of the new extras published by many of the mills located outside of California (we did include the UPI = USS/POSCO extras).

SMU has always advised steel buyers to be aware of their full costs when evaluating steel mills and selecting suppliers. One of the areas to consider are the extras charged by each individual mill for a whole host or reasons: gauge/width, quality, coil weights, surface treatments, special testing and more. This evening we are continuing our work on the zinc coating extras being charged by California Steel and UPI for galvanized steel products produced off their mills.