Nucor Tubular Products, Bull Moose Tube and Atlas Tube have announced they will be raising prices on all HSS tubing by a minimum of $2.00 cwt. ($44/mt or $40nt), effective with all new orders. The increase announcements come less than a week after US flat rolled steel mills announced a similar price hike. Sources close to SteelOrbis say that it’s too soon to determine whether the increases will be successful, especially in that many within the US steel industry have taken this week off to celebrate the July 4 holiday.