A dedicated Stainless 304 benchmark is on the way. Nickel-anchored Stainless 304 index, Intelligence tier, Q3 2026. The HRC steel, copper, and aluminum benchmarks are live now on the Procurement Index.
Not yet. Stainless 304 pricing is dominated by the nickel surcharge, which moves differently from the carbon steel index, so it gets its own nickel-anchored benchmark rather than being approximated. That ships with the BlastRFQ Intelligence tier in Q3 2026. In the meantime the HRC steel, copper, and aluminum benchmarks are live.
Most of the price movement in 304 comes from the nickel surcharge layered on top of the base stainless price. Tracking it against the carbon steel PPI would be misleading, so we hold the page until the nickel-anchored series is ready rather than publish a number we do not trust.
For a fair-price read today, blast your stainless RFQ to multiple vendors and compare the quotes directly. Once the Intelligence tier launches, the anonymized network average for 304 will give you the what-others-paid reference automatically.
It launches with the Intelligence tier in Q3 2026. BlastRFQ buyers on any tier will see it appear on the Procurement Index automatically. Founding pilot members get 6 months free through August 31, 2026.