Steel mill activity in the United States for the week ended March 5 was placed at 29.9 per cent. of ca-pacify, according to the weekly report of the American Iron and Steel Institute, published to-day.
This compares with 29.3 per cent. of capacity last week and 873 per cent. of capacity for the corresponding period of last year, showing an increase of 0.6 per cent. and a decrease of 57.4 per cent, respectively, compared with the figure for the week under. review.—Reuter.
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