US raw steel production falls 2.4 percent week-on-week

Monday, 27 November 2017 00:52:56 (GMT+3)   |   San Diego
       

According to the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), in the week ending on November 25, 2017, US domestic raw steel production was 1,703,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 73.0 percent.

Production for the week ending November 25, 2017 is down 2.4 percent from the previous week ending November 18, 2017 when production was 1,745,000 net tons and the rate of capability utilization was 74.9 percent.

Production was 1,591,000 net tons in the week ending November 25, 2016 while the capability utilization then was 67.1 percent. The current week production represents a 7.0 percent increase from the same period in the previous year.

Adjusted year-to-date production through November 25, 2017 was 81,661,000 net tons, at a capability utilization rate of 74.5 percent. That is up 4.2 percent from the 78,355,000 net tons during the same period last year, when the capability utilization rate was 70.8 percent.


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