According to the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), the week ending on March 15, 2025, US domestic raw steel production was 1.667 million net tons while the capacity utilization rate was 74.9 percent.
Production for the week ending on March 15, 2025, is down 0.2 percent from the previous week ending March 8, 2025, when production was 1.671 million net tons and the rate of capacity utilization was 75.0 percent.
Production was 1.696 million net tons in the week ending March 15, 2024, while the capacity utilization was 76.4 percent. The current week production represents a 1.7 percent decrease from the same period in the previous year.
Adjusted year-to-date production through March 15, 2025, was 17.517 million net tons, at a capacity utilization rate of 74.4 percent. That is down 1.3 percent from the 17.751 million net tons during the same period last year, when the capacity utilization rate was 75.8 percent.