One could say that the company is now facing the consequences of its aggressive M&A policy in the early and mid-2000s. ArcelorMittal's assets in the US were concentrated in the period from late 1990s to 2004. Today, these assets' annual capacity is 20.3 million tons of steel, 90% of which is produced by the conventional BF-BOF route. These plants were built in the 1960s–1970s and need investment. According to the mass media, the Company's assets in the US can hardly boast of high efficiency and have been losing out to more modern EAF mills. They also face difficulties in logistics in the finished products segment. The mass media also point out the great influence of trade unions on these companies' activities, which made it difficult for them to optimize costs. ArcelorMittal USA's capacity utilization rate in 2019 was only 60% against the industry-average 80% in the US.