The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Thursday that for the month of November 2009, US steel mills shipped 5,424,000 net tons, an 11.0 percent decrease from the 6,097,000 nt shipped in October 2009, and a 3.9 percent increase from the 5,223,000 nt shipped in November 2008.
A month-to-month comparison of shipments shows the following changes: hot rolled sheet, down 12 percent; hot dipped galvanized sheet and strip, down 13 percent; and cold rolled sheet, down four percent.