The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Wednesday that for the month of September 2009, US steel mills shipped 5,793,000 nt, a 3.9 percent increase from the 5,570,000 nt shipped in the previous month, August 2009, and a 26.9 percent decrease from the 7,920,000 nt shipped in September 2008.
A month-to-month comparison of shipments shows the following changes: hot-dipped galvanized sheet and strip, up 24.0 percent; hot rolled sheet, up 8.0 percent; and cold rolled sheet, up 1.0 percent.