AK Steel Announces Price Increase for Carbon Steel Products

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Thu Jul 30, 2009 5:15pm EDT 

WEST CHESTER, Ohio, July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AK Steel (NYSE: AKS)
said today that it will increase spot market prices for its carbon steel
products by $40 per ton, effective with all new orders for September and
October shipment.  

About AK Steel
AK Steel produces flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steels,
primarily for automotive, appliance, construction and electrical power
generation and distribution markets.  The company employs about 6,100 men and
women in Middletown, Mansfield, Coshocton and Zanesville, Ohio; Butler,
Pennsylvania; Ashland, Kentucky; Rockport, Indiana; and its corporate
headquarters in West Chester, Ohio.  Additional information about AK Steel is
available on the company's web site at www.aksteel.com.

AK Tube LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of AK Steel, employs about 250 men and
women in plants in Walbridge, Ohio and Columbus, Indiana.  AK Tube produces
carbon and stainless electric resistance welded (ERW) tubular steel products
for truck, automotive and other markets.  Additional information about AK Tube
LLC is available on its web site at www.aktube.com.

SOURCE  AK Steel

Media, Alan H. McCoy, Vice President, Government and Public Relations,
+1-513-425-2826, Investors, Albert E. Ferrara, Jr., Vice President, Finance &
CFO, +1-513-425-2888, both of AK Steel
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