The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that for the month of July 2014, U.S. steel mills shipped 8,492,744 net tons, a 2.4 percent increase from the 8,291,823 net tons shipped in the previous month, June 2014, and a 2.6 percent increase from the 8,274,511 net tons shipped in July 2013.
Shipments year-to-date in 2014 are 57,269,890 net tons, a 2.9 percent increase vs. 2013 shipments of 55,675,985 net tons for seven months.
A comparison of July shipments to the previous month of June shows the following changes: hot rolled sheet, up 3.0 percent, cold rolled sheet, down 0.2 percent and hot dipped galvanized sheets and strip, down 0.4 percent.
Published in the October 2014 Edition of American Recycler News