According to a report Friday from the Metals Service Center Institute, US shipments of steel products decreased only moderately in June while Canadian results recovered last month, with small increases in steel shipments.
In June 2015, US service center steel shipments decreased by 3.2 percent from June 2014. Steel product inventories increased 7.1 percent over June a year ago.
Meanwhile, Canadian service center shipments of steel products in June 2015 increased by 0.3 percent from June 2014. Steel product inventories increased 19.7 percent from June a year ago.