The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that for the month of August 2014, U.S. 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 8 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.
Published in the November 2014 Edition of American Recycler News
