Steel price increases

[Rob Tucker]

I just got word that Deitrich Steel in Honolulu is anticipating a 10% price increase in March.
If you are thinking of ordering light gage steel now is the time to do it.

[gtill]

This is usually a time for people to start collecting metal scrap like old cars etc. Nothing like a financial reward to encourage recycling!

[Hotzcatz]

Considering the price of steel has more than doubled in the past two years an additional ten percent increase doesn't seem like enough of a reason to run out and buy the stuff at these current inflated prices. Used to get steel for welding projects now most of the projects are wooden instead.

[Rob Tucker]

I can't say it's a fact but I was also told to expect another 15% increase in April too. Meanwhile I'm placing some April orders now in Febuary.

[peteadams]

We were also warned by Greenhouse Specialists that Conley, their greenhouse supplier, was projecting large price increases, on the order of 20-30%, sometime in the summer. These structures are almost entirely galvanized steel tubing. So the general steel price increase could well be real.