US stainless consumption, imports up

Sep 17, 2012 | 05:30 PM |

Tags  SSINA, stainless, sheet and strip, stainless plate, consumpiton, imports


NEW YORK — U.S. stainless steel consumption totaled 1.29 million tons in the first half of 2012, up 5.6 percent from 1.22 million tons in the same period last year, while imports jumped 11.6 percent....





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