The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Monday that for the month of January 2014, US steel mills shipped 7,895,293 net tons, a 3.4 percent increase from the 7,632,629 net tons shipped in the previous month, December 2013, and a 3.8 percent decrease from the 8,210,726 net tons shipped in January 2013.
A comparison of January shipments to the previous month of December shows the following changes: hot dipped galvanized sheets and strip, up 6.0 percent, cold rolled sheet, up 2.0 percent and hot rolled sheet, down 3.0 percent.