The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Wednesday that for the month of August 2014, US steel mills shipped 8,480,954 net tons, a 0.1 percent decrease from the 8,492,744 net tons shipped in the previous month, July 2014, and a 1.7 percent increase from the 8,343,075 net tons shipped in August 2013. Shipments year-to-date in 2014 are 65,750,844 net tons, a 2.7 percent increase vs. 2013 shipments of 64,019,060 net tons for eight months.
A comparison of August shipments to the previous month of July shows the following changes: hot rolled sheet, up 3.0 percent, hot dipped galvanized sheets and strip, up 1.0 percent and cold rolled sheet, down 3.0 percent.