Steel being allocated to military? War with China? Weight lifting equipment still is very short supply.

May steel shipments

U.S. steel shipments in May fell 32.9% year over year, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute.

“The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported today that for the month of May 2020, U.S. steel mills shipped 5,461,851 net tons, a 2.9 percent decrease from the 5,623,229 net tons shipped in the previous month, April 2020, and a 32.9 percent decrease from the 8,142,270 net tons shipped in May 2019,” the AISI said. “Shipments year-to-date in 2020 are 35,194,683 net tons, a 13.1 percent decrease vs. 2019 shipments of 40,504,746 for five months.”

https://agmetalminer.com/2020/07/10/this-morning-in-metals-u-s-steel-shipments-down-32-9-in-may/#more-103880