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December Steel Shipments Up 0.4% from November
WASHINGTON -- Domestic steel mills shipped 7,632,629 net tons in December, an increase of 0.4% from November and up 2% from December 2012, the American Iron and Steel Institute reports.
Full-year 2013 shipments of 95,423,417 net tons marks an 0.5% decrease versus full-year 2012 shipments, AISI says.
A comparison of December shipments to the preceding month of November shows the following changes: hot rolled sheet, up 9%; cold rolled sheet, up 1%; and hot dipped galvanized sheets and strip, down 4%.
AISI is comproed of 24 member companies, including integrated and electric furnace steelmakers, and nearly 125 associate members who are suppliers to or customers of the steel industry.
Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.
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