February steel shipments down 4.1 percent

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that for the month of February 2010, United States steel mills shipped 6,311,076 net tons, a 4.1 percent decrease from the 6,579,808 net tons shipped in the previous month, January 2010, and a 46.1 percent increase from the 4,319,545 net tons shipped in February 2009.

A month-to-month comparison of shipments shows the following changes: hot dipped galvanized sheet and strip, down 1 percent; hot rolled sheet, down 4 percent; and cold rolled sheet, down 5 percent.