The American Institute of Cast iron and steel (AISI) transferred on Monday that the production of raw steel in the United States grew by 1.6%last week, after some recession on the year before last.
In just a week, on February 23, steel in the United States, which ended on February 23, amounted to 1 million 843 thousand tons, which is 1.6% more compared to 1 million 814 thousand tons for a week before last and 8.2% less than the same week ago.
The coefficient of the use of metallurgical capacities in American steelmakers last week amounted to 76.9%, which is 1.2% higher than the needle (75.7%), but less than the same week last year (80.7%).
The weekly production of steel in the United States returned to the upward trend

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Azovpromstal® 26 February 2013 г. 11:23 |