Tag: Construction Material Prices

Finished steel imports up 11 percent in April

Based on the Commerce Department’s most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported on May 2 that steel import permit applications for the month of April totaled 3,074,000 net tons (NT). This was a 5-percent decrease from the 3,248,000 permit tons recorded in March and a 6-percent increase from the March preliminary imports total of 2,899,000 NT.

May 8, 2012

Construction materials prices: Down 0.2% for quarter, 8.1% higher year ago

The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) reports that while the nation’s wholesale prices increased for the first time in five months, construction materials prices were unchanged in September, according to the Oct. 18 Producer Price Index (PPI) report by the Department of Labor. Construction materials prices decreased 0.2 percent for the quarter, but are 8.1 […]

October 25, 2011

U.S. steel shipments down 7.2 percent

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported on Dec. 16 that for the month of October 2010, U.S. steel mills shipped 6,629,195 net tons, a 7.2-percent decrease from the 7,140,369 net tons shipped in the previous month, September 2010, and a 8.7 percent increase from the 6,097,348 net tons shipped in October 2009. Shipments […]

December 19, 2010

Granite Construction Q1 results: Revenue down 36 percent

Granite Construction today reported a net loss of $41.0 million, or $1.09 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2010 compared with net income of $8.9 million, or $0.23 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2009. Below is a snapshot of the results, followed by a more detailed report: Revenue down 36 […]

May 3, 2010

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