[Ferro-Alloys.com]The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that for the month of October 2022, U.S. steel mills shipped 7,210,301 net tons, a 12.2 percent decrease from the 8,215,071 net tons shipped in October 2021. Shipments were up 1.0 percent from the 7,140,355 net tons shipped in the previous month, September 2022. Shipments year-to-date in 2022 are 75,675,222 net tons, down 4.2% vs. 2021 shipments of 78,954,052 net tons for ten months.

 

A comparison of shipments year-to-date in 2022 to the first ten months of 2021 shows the following changes: corrosion resistant sheet and strip, down 8 percent, hot rolled sheet, down 8 percent and cold rolled sheet, down 14 percent. (AISI)