According to the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), in the week ending on December 15, 2018, domestic raw steel production in the US totaled 1,890,000 net tons, while the capability utilization rate was 80.6 percent.
Production for the week ending December 15, 2018 is up 0.7 percent from the previous week ending December 8, 2018, when production was 1,876,000 net tons and the capability utilization rate was 80 percent. Production was 1,676,000 net tons in the week ending December 15, 2017, while the capability utilization rate was 71.9 percent. The current week production represents an 12.8 percent increase from the same period in the previous year.
Adjusted year-to-date production through December 15, 2018 was 82,821,000 mt, at a capability utilization rate of 78.2 percent. That is up six percent from the 86,131,000 net tons during the same period last year, when the capability utilization rate was 74 percent.