According to the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), in the week ending on June 30, 2018, domestic raw steel production was 1,781,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 76.0 percent.
Production is up 1.9 percent from the same period in the previous years when production was 1,747,000 net tons in the week ending June 30, 2017 while the capability utilization then was 74.9 percent.
Production for the week ending June 30, 2018 is up 0.5 percent from the previous week ending June 23, 2018 when production was 1,772,000 net tons and the rate of capability utilization was 75.6 percent.
Adjusted year-to-date production through June 30, 2018 was 45,614,000 net tons, at a capability utilization rate of 75.5 percent, up 1.7 percent from the 44,839,000 net tons during the same period last year, when the capability utilization rate was 74.4 percent.
Production by districts, the North East: 215,000 (12 percent) ; Great Lakes: 653,000 (37 percent); Midwest: 187,000 (11 percent) ; Southern: 652,000 (37 percent) and Western: 74,000 (4 percent) for a total of 1,781,000 net tons.