US aluminum shipment rate rises

Oct 16, 2012 | 04:49 PM |

Tags  aluminum, MSCI, service centers

NEW YORK — U.S. aluminum distributors logged a slight increase in shipping rates in September, according to Metals Service Center Institute (MSCI) data.

Service centers in the United States shipped an average of 5,900 tons of aluminum products per day last month, up 1.7 percent from 5,800 tons per....





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