Steel Products Prices North America
June 7, 2016
Light Gauge Galvanized Buyers Struggle to Find New Suppliers
Written by John Packard
For many years, SMU publisher John Packard sold ultra light gauge galvanized steels (.019”-.010”) into the furnace pipe manufacturers across the United States and Canada. This product is one that is not championed by the domestic steel industry as the domestic steel mills would rather run thicker steels (more tonnage per hour through their mills) and larger coils (many of the manufacturers use small PIW coils).
Over the years the industry has been dominated by the steel mills in India such as Jindal and Uttam Galva. With the US Department of Commerce ruling against the Indian steel mills in their Final Determination on antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) regarding corrosion resistant steels, all of the Indian steel mills except Uttam have backed away from the U.S. market.
