On Monday, August 16, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that for the week ending August 14, 2010, US domestic raw steel production was 1,689,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 69.8 percent. This indicates a 22.3 percent year-on-year increase from the same period in 2009.
Adjusted year-to-date production through August 14, 2010 was 55,173,000 tons, at a capability utilization rate of 70.7 percent. This reflects a 57.3 percent increase from the 35,068,000 tons during the same period last year, when the capability utilization rate was 46.2 percent.
Broken down by districts, the production for the week ending August 14, 2010 in thousands of net tons is as follows: Northeast Coast: 87; Pittsburgh/Youngstown: 126; Lake Erie: 42; Detroit: 104; Indiana/Chicago: 433; Midwest: 236; Southern: 586 and Western: 75.