Raw steel production in the country's Great Lakes region rose to 691,000 tons as the domestic industry saw a boost in production last week.
Overall U.S. output rose by 0.6 percent in the week that ended Saturday, according to an American Iron and Steel Institute estimate. Local production rose by 12,000 tons, or nearly 1.8 percent.
Most of the raw steel production in the Great Lakes region takes place in Indiana and the Chicago area.
Production in the Southern District, typically the country's second biggest steel-producing region, rose to 676,000 tons, up from 675,000 tons a week earlier.
Total domestic raw steel production last week was about 1.93 million tons, up from 1.92 million tons a week earlier.
Nationally, domestic steel mills had a capacity utilization rate of 80.3 percent last week, up from 79.8 percent a week earlier. The capacity utilization rate had been 77.6 percent a year earlier.
U.S. mills have produced 62.2 million tons of steel so far this year, or about 0.6 percent more than at the same point in 2013.
Globally, world steel production was 137 million tons in July, an increase of 1.7 percent over last year, according to the World Steel Association.
The association, which tracks steelmaking in 65 countries, noted an increase in output in Asia last month. Production rose by 1.5 percent in China, and 6.2 percent in South Korea.
Germany posted a 1.5 percent increase in tonnage in July, while production shrunk by 4.4 percent in the United Kingdom and by 5.2 percent in Austria.
Russian output soared by 8.1 percent, as compared to July 2013.
Overall, global capacity utilization stood at 75.4 percent last month, a 2.9 percent decrease from June and a 1.2 drop from July 2013.
Source: nwtimes.com
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