US steel mill shipments down 5.2 percent in June

Friday, 09 August 2019 00:27:17 (GMT+3)   |   San Diego
       

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported today that for the month of June 2019, US steel mills shipped 7,718,499 net tons, a 5.2 percent decrease from the 8,142,270 net tons shipped in the previous month, May 2019, and a 3.4 percent decrease from the 7,988,026 net tons shipped in June 2018. 

Shipments year-to-date in 2019 are 48,223,245 net tons, a 1.9 percent increase compared to 2018 shipments of 47,304,057 net tons for six months.

A comparison of June shipments to the previous month of May shows the following changes: hot dipped galvanized sheets and strip, up 2 percent; cold rolled sheets, down 5 percent; and hot rolled sheets, down 6 percent.


Tags: US North America 

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