美国钢铁工业在经历了长达10年之久的萧条后,终于走出谷底,目前钢铁工业设备利用率已达90％以上,钢铁产量创10年来的最高纪录,钢铁企业已扭亏为盈。 临危则变 人们提起美国最有名的钢铁厂,总要谈及印第安纳州北部的加里。早在1909年,座落在密执安湖南端的这座小镇就有了美国最早的钢铁厂之一——美国钢铁公司加里钢铁厂。然而,使加里闻名遐尔的还是它的现在。如今,内陆钢铁工业公司、LIV钢铁公司、伯利恒钢铁公司等美国最著名的钢铁工业巨擘都扎根在此。五大湖把加里钢铁工业基地与美国许多工业区联系起来。在美 After a decade-long recession, the U.S. steel industry has finally bottomed out. At present, the utilization rate of steel industry equipment has reached more than 90%. Its steel output has reached the highest level in 10 years and the iron and steel enterprises have turned losses into profits. In times of crisis people mention the most famous steel mills in the United States, always talking about Gary in northern Indiana. As early as 1909, the town at the southern tip of Michigan had one of the nation’s oldest steel mills, the U.S. steel company Gary Steel Works. However, Gary’s fame is still its present. Today, inland steel industry companies, LIV Steel, Bethlehem Steel and other top steel industry giants in the United States are rooted here. The Great Lakes links the Gary Steel Industrial Base with many industrial areas in the United States. In the United States