The price of stainless steel in Europe was unchanged this week and alloy surcharges for November also appeared likely to remain largely unchanged, Fastmarkets heard on Friday October 25.
Finland-based stainless steel mill Outokumpu announced this week that its alloy surcharge for grade-304 flat products in November will be ?,?1,703 ($1,894) per tonne, an increase of ?,?3 per tonne from October.Luxembourg-based Aperam announced its equivalent surcharge at ?,?1,698 per tonne, a decrease of ?,?5 per tonne.Sources highlighted the volatile nature of nickel prices through the period September 21...