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Steel News August 02, 2022 09:30:09 PM

AISI: U.S. Raw Steel Output Recorded Substantial Decline

Paul Ploumis
ScrapMonster Author
The U.S. weekly domestic raw steel output totalled 1.727 million net tons (NT).

AISI: U.S. Raw Steel Output Recorded Substantial Decline

SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): The U.S. weekly raw steel output recorded notable decline by 7.3% during the week ending on July 30, 2022, when compared with the corresponding week in 2021. 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 1.727 million net tons (NT). The domestic mill capability utilization rate stood at 78.4%. It must be noted that the production had totalled 1.862 million NT at a higher capacity utilization rate of 84.4% during the corresponding week a year before. Also, the weekly crude steel production recorded marginal decline by 1.5% over the previous week. The production was 1.754 million NT during the week ended July 23, 2022.

The leading producer was the Southern region, with an output of 728,000 net tons. The production by Great Lakes region stood at 562,000 net tons during the week. The production by other regions (in thousand net tons) is as follows: North East-166, Midwest-207 and Western-64.

The adjusted year-to-date production totalled 52.747 million net tons through July 30, 2022, at a capacity utilization rate of 80.2%. This is slightly lower by 2.9% upon comparison with the production of 54.347 million net tons and the capacity utilization rate of 80.1% in the corresponding year-to-date period a year before.

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