The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that for the month of January 2020, U.S. steel mills shipped 8,535,755 net tons, a 6.4 percent increase from the 8,021,250 net tons shipped in the previous month, December 2019, and a 5.6 percent increase from the 8,079,757 net tons shipped in January 2019.
A comparison of January shipments to the previous month of December shows the following changes: hot dipped galvanized sheet and strip, up 13 percent, cold rolled sheet, up 12 percent and hot rolled sheets, up 6 percent.
Published in the April 2020 Edition
