Raw steel production in the country's Great Lakes region plunged to 665,000 tons, though the overall domestic industry slumped slightly last week.
Overall U.S. output fell by 1.5 percent in the week that ended Saturday, according to an American Iron and Steel Institute estimate. Local production plummeted by 29,000 tons, or 4.2 percent.
Most of the raw steel production in the Great Lakes region takes place in Indiana and the Chicago area.
Blast Furnace No. 14, the largest at Gary Works, was down briefly last week while workers cleared water from a line.
Production in the Southern District, typically the country's second biggest steel-producing region, rose to 664,000 tons, up from 659,000 tons a week earlier.
Total domestic raw steel production last week was about 1.88 million tons, down from 1.91 million tons a week earlier.
Nationally, domestic steel mills had a capacity utilization rate of 78.4 percent last week, down from 79.5 percent a week earlier. The capacity utilization rate had been 78.3 percent a year earlier.
U.S. mills have produced 65.9 million tons of steel so far this year, or about 0.7 percent more than at the same point in 2013.
Domestic steel mills shipped 8.4 million net tons in July, a 2.4 percent increase over the previous month and a 2.6 percent increase over the previous year. Year-to-date shipments total 57.2 million net tons, a 2.9 percent over the same period in 2013.
Source: nwitimes.com
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