US steel mill shipments up 3.5 percent in June

Thursday, 18 August 2011 02:00:28 (GMT+3)   |  
       

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Wednesday that US steel mills shipped 7,639,108 net tons in June, a 3.5 percent increase from the 7,380,064 net tons shipped in May, and a 3.7 percent increase from the 7,367,203 net tons shipped in June 2010.

Year-to-date, shipments in 2011 are 44,779,857 net tons, a 5.8 percent increase from the same period in 2010. A month-to-month comparison of shipments shows that tin plate shipments were up 14 percent, cut-length plate shipments rose 11 percent and hot rolled sheet shipments increased 2 percent.


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