US raw steel production rose last week (ended March 25) with output increasing 2 percent from the previous week. In the previous week, US raw steel production had fallen 2.2 percent compared to the week before.
Total raw steel production in the United States amounted to 1,843,000 nt last week. This figure represents a 2 percent increase from the 1,807,000 nt produced in the prior week, and is up 5.9 percent from the 1,734,000 nt produced in the same week of last year.
The capacity utilization rate of US raw steelmaking facilities was 75.4 in the week ending March 25, compared to 73.9 in the prior week and 71.7 percent in the same week last year.