U.S. Steel Mill Shipments Dropped in February 2014
04/11/2014 - The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that for the month of February 2014, U.S. steel mills shipped 7,618,380 tons of steel.
This was a 3.5% decrease from the 7,895,293 tons shipped in the previous month, January 2014, and a 2.4% increase from the 7,436,388 tons shipped in February 2013. Shipments year-to-date in 2014 are 15,513,673 tons, a 0.9% decrease vs. 2013 shipments of 15,674,114 tons for two months.
A comparison of February shipments to the previous month of January shows the following changes: hot dipped galvanized sheets and strip, down 1.0%, hot rolled sheet, down 3.0% and cold rolled sheet, down 4.0%.
A comparison of February shipments to the previous month of January shows the following changes: hot dipped galvanized sheets and strip, down 1.0%, hot rolled sheet, down 3.0% and cold rolled sheet, down 4.0%.
