(05-15-18)
Healthy April Growth Across the Board – U.S. Service Center Activity: U.S. service center steel shipments, in April 2018, increased by 13.0% from April 2017. Steel inventories increased by 8.5% from a year ago levels. Shipments of aluminum products increased by 15.7% from the same month in 2017. Aluminum inventories increased by 8.3% from a year ago levels. Canadian Service Center Activity: Canadian service center steel shipments, in April 2018, increased by 14.8% from April 2017. Steel inventories decreased by 5.1% from a year ago levels. Shipments of aluminum products increased by 13.9% from the same month in 2017. Aluminum inventories increased by 3.8% from a year ago levels.