US raw steel production up 0.4 percent week-over-week

Wednesday, 09 February 2011
US raw steel production rose last week (ended February 4) with output increasing 0.4 percent from the previous week. In the previous week, US raw steel production had increased 0.9 percent compared to the week before.
Total raw steel production in the United States amounted to 1,789,000 nt last week. This figure represents a 0.4 percent increase from the 1,782,000 nt produced in the prior week, and is up 10.3 percent from the 1,605,000 nt produced in the same week of last year.
The capacity utilization rate of US raw steelmaking facilities was 74 percent in the week ending February 4, compared to 73.7 percent in the prior week and 67.3 percent in the same week last year.
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