According to the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), the week ending on August 16, 2025, US domestic raw steel production was 1.774 million net tons while the capacity utilization rate was 78.3 percent.
Production for the week ending on August 16, 2025, is down 1.4 percent from the previous week ending August 9, 2025, when production was 1.800 million net tons and the rate of capacity utilization was 79.5 percent.
Production was 1.726 million net tons in the week ending August 16, 2024, while the capacity utilization was 77.7 percent. The current week production represents a 2.8 percent increase from the same period in the previous year.
Adjusted year-to-date production through August 16, 2025, was 55.920 million net tons, at a capacity utilization rate of 76.6 percent. That is up 1.3 percent from the 55.219 million net tons during the same period last year, when the capacity utilization rate was 76.4 percent.