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Thursday, August 18, 2011

US steel mill shipments up 3.5 percent in June

Thursday, 18 August 2011

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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