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Show Steel Capacity Has Risen Sharply m pip in Coin 57 9 I r j.,. .u. ij i i i-i Catlings. Nt Twit YS IASIUN .. 13.Mt.IIO XJV" utt-tno n. .. O .J i ooo VY CliVI-OII I1.001.WO CHKAOO .M.MO I SOUTHIIN t.OM.IM Capacity Cain In Six Principal wistnn t.omoqo Stlmaklng Districts Sine 1939 -'"'" The teel capacity of the South and West hat risen sharply and large gains have been made in other districts, says Steel Facts, Issued by American Iron and Steel Institute. Over the nation, 84 companies now make steel in 27 states, against 73 companies In 1939. There are 143 steelmaklng plants, compared with 128 in 1939. Eleven states gained more than one million tons of steel capacity each, since 1939. |