US Primary Metals Industries Manufacturing (16) Companies Generated Total Earnings of $1.866 Bil in the 2Q 2017, the Trump Administration's First Full Quarter in Office, Down Precipitously By 35% From Their 2Q 2016 Total Earnings of $2.854 Bil

From a review of the Google Finance Website and of company financial statements in the US SEC website, I found the 16 Primary Metals Industries Manufacturing Companies (SEC Standard Identification Codes 3300s) headquartered in the US with Stock Market Capitalizations of more than $1 Bil very recently and which have filed their Calendar Second Quarter 2017 Financial Statements with the SEC.

Below here are the Total Reported US GAAP Earnings (Losses) From Continuing Operations for the Second Calendar Quarters of both 2017 and 2016 for each of these 16 largest US Primary Metals Industries Manufacturing Companies.

						Calendar	Calendar
						2Q 17	2Q 16
US Manufacturing Companies					Calendar	US GAAP	US GAAP	Net	Net
Other Than Oil & Gas and Technology			Most		2Q 17	Net	Net	Income	Income
Primary Metal Industries (SIC 3000s)	City	State	Recent		Month	Income	Income	Better	Better
Stock Market Caps Above $1 Bil	HQs	HQs	FYE		End	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Worse)	(Worse)
						$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	%
Steel (SEC 3310-3320s)
Nucor Corp	Charlotte	NC	Dec16		June17	342	271	71	26%
United States Steel Corp	Pittsburgh	PA	Dec16		June17	261	(46)	307	NM
Steel Dynamics	Fort Wayne	IN	Dec16		June17	153	140	13	9%
AK Steel Holding Corp	West Chester	OH	Dec16		June17	76	34	42	124%
Worthington Industries	Columbus	OH	May17		May17	61	63	(2)	-3%
Commercial Metals Company	Irving	TX	Aug16		May17	40	35	5	14%
Carpenter Technology Corp	Wyomissing	PA	Jun17		June17	26	15	11	73%
Allegheny Technologies	Pittsburgh	PA	Dec16		June17	13	(16)	29	NM
Total all 8 Steel						972	496	476	96%
Primary Metal Industries Other Than Steel (SIC 3330-3390s)
Corning	Corning	NY	Dec16		June17	439	2,207	(1,768)	-80%
Arconic	New York	NY	Dec16		June17	212	53	159	300%
Alcoa	New York	NY	Dec16		June17	138	(12)	150	NM
Belden	St Louis	MO	Dec16		June17	36	42	(6)	-14%
Matthews Intl Corp	Pittsburgh	PA	Sep16		June17	29	24	5	21%
Mueller Industries	Memphis	TN	Dec16		June17	28	28	-	0%
Century Aluminum Co	Chicago	IL	Dec16		June17	7	(10)	17	-170%
Kaiser Aluminum Corp	Foothill Ranch	CA	Dec16		June17	5	26	(21)	-81%
Total all 8 Other Primary Metals						894	2,358	(1,464)	-62%
Total all 16 Primary Metals Industries						1,866	2,854	(988)	-35%