According to the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), in the week ending on September 15, 2018, US domestic raw steel production was 1,862,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 79.4 percent. Production was 1,711,000 net tons in the week ending September 15, 2017 while the capability utilization was 73.4 percent.
Production is up 8.8 percent from the same period in the previous year and down 0.9 percent from the previous week ending September 8, 2018 when production was 1,879,000 net tons and the rate of capability utilization was 80.2 percent.
Adjusted year-to-date production through September 15, 2018 was 66,738,000 net tons, at a capability utilization rate of 77.4 percent. That is up 4.3 percent from the 64,003,000 net tons during the same period last year, when the capability utilization rate was 74.4 percent.
By districts, in thousands of net tons, the North East produced 226, Great Lakes produced 689, Midwest produced 197, South produced 674 and the Western region produced 76 for a total of 1862.