UK Structural Sections Price Increase
23 Jul 2008
Demand from the Construction sector remains strong in most key geographical markets. Consequently, Corus Construction & Industrial will increase the UK basis price of structural section by £60 per tonne, effective to despatches from 28th September 2008.
This change will be reflected in the published price contained in Price List 5. An addendum to Price List 5 will be issued in September.
Ends
Bob Jones, Group Head Media Relations, Tel: +44 207 717 4532
Richard White, General Manager Sales & Marketing, Sections and Plates, Tel +44 1724 405240
Corus is Europe's second largest steel producer with annual revenues of more than £12 billion and crude steel production of about 20 million tonnes. With main steelmaking operations primarily in the UK and the Netherlands, Corus provides innovative solutions to the construction, automotive, packaging, mechanical engineering and other markets worldwide. Corus is a subsidiary of Tata Steel, the world's sixth largest steel producer. Following the acquisition of Corus last year, the combined enterprise has an aggregate crude steel capacity of more than 28 million tonnes and approximately 82,700 employees across four continents.
