New York, Sept. 12.
Steel mill operations in the United States for the week commencing on September 12th. were estimated at 45.3 per cent. of capacity, according to the weekly forecast by the American Iron and Steel Institute. This shows an advance of 5.4 per cent. compared with last week's estimate, when operations were predicted to be 39.9 per cent. of capacity.
The figure given for the corresponding period of last year was 804 per cent. or 35.1 per cent. higher than the current estimate.—Reuter.
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