US CRUDE STEEL PRODUCTION WEEKLY REPORT (OCTOBER 20)

In the week ending October 20, 2018, the domestic domesticcrude steel output was 1.875 million short tons, and the capacity utilizationrate was 80%. In the same period last year, the output was 1.705 million shorttons, and the capacity utilization rate was 73.2%. Crude steel output rose 10%year-on-year and fell 0.3% on a week-on-week basis. In the week ending October13, 2018, the domestic domestic crude steel output was 1.881 million shorttons, and the capacity utilization rate was 80.2%.