[Ferro-Alloys.com] To sustain the achievements already made during the cutting overcapacity campaign, it is very important to give full play to the role of strict standards, and strictly implement legal, regulatory, mandatory standards for environmental protection, energy consumption, quality, safety and technology in the steel industry, a key industry official said.

Following months of uncertainty, thousands of British Steel workers are feeling cautiously optimistic.

ArcelorMittal has decided to temporarily idle operations of its blast furnace (BF) and steel plant in Krakow, Poland, from November 23 this year, the company said on Tuesday November 12.

In the week ending on November 9, 2019, US domestic raw steel production was 1,862,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 80.5 percent. Production was 1,903,000 net tons in the week ending November 9, 2018 while the capability utilization then was 81.2 percent. The current week production represents a 2.2 percent decrease from the same period in the previous year. Production for the week ending November 9, 2019 is down 1.4 percent from the previous week ending November 2, 2019 when production was 1,888,000 net tons and the rate of capability utilization was 81.6 percent.

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