Europe stainless producers split over surcharge system

摘要

Acerinox SA chief executive officer Bernardo Velazquez Herreros believes that the European stainless alloy surcharge system "has passed away," although other stainless steel producers still see a future for the system. Madrid-based Acerinox now primarily uses European surcharges for internal purposes, although his company is still happy to use the surcharge system in the U.S. market through its Ghent, Ky.-based subsidiary North American Stainless Inc. (NAS), Velazquez said last week at the annual conference of the International Stainless Steel Forum (1SSF) in New Orleans.