U.S. steel mills shipped 7,397,149 net tons in November 2012, down 0.5% from the 7,430,267 net tons shipped in October 2012, according to a late-January 2013 report from the American Iron and Steel Institute. November 2012 shipments were down 0.2% from the 7,409,450 net tons shipped in November 2011.
In the first 11 months of 2012, shipments were 88,465,543 net tons, up 5.6% from 83,779,688 net tons in the first 11 months of 2011. AISI said 2012 shipments through November would annualize at 97 million net tons.
