Economy
Steel Capacity Chart Revision
Written by Sandy Williams
February 15, 2019
SMU has updated the steel capacity chart that was published on Thursday to reflect new information obtained and to correct some errors regarding tonnage (metric to net tons). Here is the revised chart. If you know of any new steel capacity coming on line, please let us know and we will continue to update the chart (soon to be available in the Analysis section of the SMU website).
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