Steel inventories were at 9,080.3 thousand tons at the end of May 2012, a 9.5% increase from the same time last year, but a 0.7% decrease from April 2012.
There was a 6.8% increase in aluminum shipments in May, with 136.1 thousand tons being shipped by service centers. For year-to-date 2012, 664.2 thousand tons have been shipped, a 5.6% increase from the same time in 2011.