For steel mills, 1976 will be a better year than 1975 but it is not expected to be a good one. Forecasts call for mill shipments to rise from 80 million tons in 1975 to a range of 92 to 95 million tons in 1976. The main basis for the predicted shipping rise is the belief that steel users will stabilize inventories after liquidating 10 or 11 million tons in 1975. If the forecasters are right, the next 12 months will be highly competitive for the industry.