Daido Steel Increases Stainless Wire Rod Price

Daido Steel increases nickel and chrome series stainless steel wire rod price by 5,000 yen per tonne for December order compared with September when material cost increased, announced on Tuesday. The firm increases the price of SUS 304, SUS 410 and SUS 403. The firm increases nickel series wire rod price for 3 quarters in a row while the chrome series price increases for 2 straight quarters. The firm increased nickel series price by 60,000 yen for September order and chrome series price by 5,000 yen.

Daido Steel increases stainless steel wire rod price for December order when ferrochrome price increased to 111 US cents per pound in October-December. The increase in nickel price is offset by yen appreciation.

The firm explains stainless steel wire rod order is 70-80% of the peak when the activity in automobile and information technology industries recovers and the dealers and wire products makers restock the inventory.