According to data released by the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), the US's crude steel output totaled 1.904 million short tons in the week ended on July 20th, rising by 0.3% from a week ago and increasing by 3% in comparison of the figures in the same week in 2012.
In the given period of time, the capability utilization of the US steelmakers averaged at 79.5%, higher than 78.5% from the previous week and 73.3% in the same period of a year ago.
News Date 7/23/2013 3:40:46 PM reported by Nann Cheng