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June Steel Shipments Up 12% Aug 20, 2009 |
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The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that for the month of June 2009, U.S. steel mills shipped 4,797,000 net tons, a 12.1% increase from the 4,282,000 net tons shipped in the previous month, May 2009 and a 47.5% decrease from the 9,136,000 net tons shipped in June 2008.
A month-to-month comparison of shipments shows the following changes: hot dipped galvanized sheet and strip, up 27%; hot rolled sheet, up 23%; and cold rolled sheet, up 15%