AISI Posted Decline in U.S. Raw Steel Output

The production was 1.745 million NT during the week ended April 6, 2024, with a capability utilization rate of 78.6%.

SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): The U.S. weekly raw steel output recorded marginal decline by 3.80% during the week ending on April 27^th, 2024, upon comparison with the corresponding week a year before. This is with reference to the most recent weekly domestic production statistics published by the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI).

The U.S. weekly domestic raw steel output totalled 1.701 million net tons (NT). The domestic mill capability utilization rate stood at 76.6%. It must be noted that the production had totalled 1.769 million NT at a modestly higher capacity utilization rate of 78.6% during the corresponding week a year before.

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Also, the weekly crude steel production recorded marginal decline by 0.90% when compared with the previous week. The production was 1.745 million NT during the week ended April 6, 2024, with a capability utilization rate of 78.6%.

The leading producer was the Southern region, with an output of 721,000 net tons. The production by Great Lakes region totalled 572,000 net tons during the week. The production by other regions (in thousand net tons) is as follows: North East-140, Midwest-207 and Western-61.

The adjusted year-to-date production totalled 28.550 million net tons through April 27, 2024, at a capacity utilization rate of 76.30%. This is down by 2.90% upon comparison with the production of 29.391 million net tons and the capacity utilization rate of 77.9% in the corresponding year-to-date period in 2023.

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