According to the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), the week ending on August 9, 2025, US domestic raw steel production was 1.800 million net tons while the capacity utilization rate was 79.5 percent.
Production for the week ending on August 9, 2025, is up 1.0 percent from the previous week ending August 2, 2025, when production was 1.782 million net tons and the rate of capacity utilization was 78.7 percent.
Production was 1.726 million net tons in the week ending August 9, 2024, while the capacity utilization was 77.7 percent. The current week production represents a 4.3 percent increase from the same period in the previous year.
Adjusted year-to-date production through August 9, 2025, was 54.146 million net tons, at a capacity utilization rate of 76.5 percent. That is up 1.2 percent from the 53.492 million net tons during the same period last year, when the capacity utilization rate was 76.2 percent.