Metal shipments, orders and inventories fall in November

Dec 29, 2008 | 11:56 AM | Corinna Petry

rimary metals shipments in November, seasonally adjusted, totaled $18.37 billion, down 7.6 percent from October's shipments of $19.87 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's "Advance Report on Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories and Orders,"....





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