U.S. Raw Steel Output Dropped Week-on-Week: AISI

SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): The U.S. weekly raw steel output recorded marginal decline by 3.0% during the week ending on April 20^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 1.716 million net tons (NT). The domestic mill capability utilization rate stood at 77.3%. 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 0.6% when compared with the previous week. The production was 1.726 million NT during the week ended April 13, 2024, with a capability utilization rate of 77.7%.

The leading producer was the Southern region, with an output of 724,000 net tons. The production by Great Lakes region totalled 576,000 net tons during the week. The production by other regions (in thousand net tons) is as follows: North East-135, Midwest-213 and Western-68.

The adjusted year-to-date production totalled 26.939 million net tons through April 20, 2024, at a capacity utilization rate of 76.50%. This is down by 2.50% upon comparison with the production of 27.622 million net tons and the capacity utilization rate of 77.9% in the corresponding year-to-date period in 2023.