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Metals Service Center Institute
The Metals Service Center Institute (MSCI) is a trade association that supports and represents most elements of the metals value chain, including metals producers, distributors, and processors and, to a lesser extent, the interests of metals users. Its primary membership consists of metals service centers – businesses that inventory and distribute metals for industrial customers and perform first-stage processing.
Latest News
Metal Shipments Show Double Digit Year-Over-Year Growth
19 January 2012 - Service center shipments grew at slightly higher levels in December for both steel and aluminum in Canada, according to the latest Metals Activity Report from the Metals Service Center Institute. In the U.S., steel shipments grew at about half the rate as last month and aluminum-shipment growth remained about the same.
Metal Shipment Growth Slows in November
21 December 2011 - Service center shipments grew at slightly slower rates in November for both steel and aluminum in the U.S. and Canada, according to the latest Metals Activity Report from the Metals Service Center Institute. Steel inventory levels declined in the U.S. and Canada from last month.
Metal Shipments Resume Double-Digit Growth in U.S.
17 November 2011 - Service center shipments returned to double-digit increases in the U.S. in October, while Canadian shipments grew at a slightly slower rate than last month, according to the latest Metals Activity Report from the Metals Service Center Institute.
Metal Shipments Continue Year-Over-Year Growth in September
19 October 2011 - Service center shipments remained above 2010 levels for steel and aluminum products in both the U.S. and Canada in September, according to the latest Metals Activity Report from the Metals Service Center Institute.
Growth in Metal Shipments Stable in August
21 September 2011 - Service center shipments increased from the same period in 2010 at about the same rate as July for both steel and aluminum in Canada and at a higher rate in the U.S., according to the latest Metals Activity Report from the Metals Service Center Institute.
