<article><p class="lead">US steel shipments fell again in September, the seventh consecutive month of shipment declines.</p><p>US steel mills shipped 7.14mn short tons (st) in the month, down by 12pc from the prior year. </p><p>Shipments were down by 7pc from the 7.68mn st in the prior month. </p><p>Through September, steel shipments totaled 68.46mn st, down by 3.2pc from the same period of 2021.</p><p>In the same period hot rolled coil (HRC) shipments were down by 8pc, hot dipped galvanized (HDG) coil shipments were down 8pc, and cold rolled coil (CRC) shipments fell by 13pc.</p><p class="bylines">By Rye Druzin</p></article>
