U.S. steel shipments is up

Steel shipments are an important indicator of the overall health of the steel industry as they reflect the actual amount of metal sold to customers.

According to the American Iron and Steel Association statistics, so far this year, the US steel mills have produced 60.9 million tons of steel, capacity utilization rate of 74.6%. It was 3.2% higher than the 59 million tonnes of steel in the same period in 2016. US factory shipments in July were 7.48 million tonnes, down 3.3 percent from the previous month but up 1.7 percent from July 2016.

So far this year, the domestic steel plant shipments of about 52.9 million tons, compared with the first seven months of 2016 ago (51.4 million tons steel), It’s grow 2.8% than before.of growth of 2.8%.

In July, the hot galvanized sheets and strip shipments fell 3% year-over-year, cold rolled sheet shipments also fell 4% this time. Compared with July 2016, hot rolled sheet shipments fell 6%.

Source: nwitimes.com