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Service Center inventories at lowest point since 1997.

Publication: Metal Center News
Publication Date: 01-JAN-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Service Center inventories at lowest point since 1997.(MSCI)

Article Excerpt
The uncertain economic outlook compounded by seasonally low demand led to reduced shipments of steel and aluminum products from service centers in the United States and Canada in November. Inventories also continued to decline from year-earlier levels as service centers, reluctant to restock, delayed most new orders until called for by seasonal upswings, according to the November Metals Activity Report of the Metals Service Center Institute, Rolling Meadows, Ill.

U.S. service centers further drew down steel inventories and...

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