The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) announced Tuesday that for the month of September 2010, US steel mills shipped 7.14 million net tons (nt), a 1.2 percent decrease from the 7.22 million nt shipped in the previous month, and a 23.3 percent increase from the 5.79 nt shipped in September 2009.
Shipments year-to-date in 2010 are 63.15 million nt, a 47.6 percent increase versus 2009 shipments of 42.79 for the same period.
A month-to-month comparison of shipments shows the following changes: cold rolled sheet, up 5 percent; hot dipped galvanized sheet and strip, up 3 percent and hot rolled sheet, up 3 percent.