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Show 94 This expansion gradually reducing an ever, expanding and diversification of the West's deficit as economy, position typified 'by regards as c products to satisfy its demands. onti nue to be constructed existing, or potential, by capacity steel. to continued expansion of tion, income and employment, will need increasing steel steel existing Additional the Western steel is How- popula- amounts of steel and new facilities will industry when, and market demands warrants the necessary where, expendi- tur e s, The Western Steel Industry Tables 19 to 23 show the steel products by Annual Statistical such data. However, this for many States production the Western steel Report of are Production industry of coke, pig iron, steel, in selected years. The the American Iron & Steel Institute source is of limited usefulnes often combined to s since preclude disclosures and provides figures for individual concerns. Table 23 represents the first such breakdown of the of finished steel are products. withheld to prevent Although figures disclosures, to the expansion since 1940. 41 W hilC h Company classifications the table does present plete picture of such production by Western The Geneva Steel for certain steel has made an production a fairly com establishments. 41 important contribution as taken h. place In Western steel and alhed pr oduc ti on .. There had been See Table 23, no production of steel, Footnote (a). or steel products, in |
