Steel Products
February 20, 2013
AISI Estimated Raw Steel Production & Capacity Utilization Rates
Written by John Packard
The American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) reported their estimated raw steel production data for the week ending February 16, 2013. According to AISI estimates the U.S. steel industry produced 1,814,000 net tons of raw steel last week. This represents a decrease of 0.4 percent compared to the week earlier and is 9.6 percent lower than the same week one year ago.
The AISI estimates the capacity utilization rate to be 75.7 percent. SMU reminds our readers the AISI has made an adjustment to the domestic capabilities for 1st Quarter 2013. The new quarterly capability is 30.8 million tons. The 1Q 2012 capability number according to the AISI was 32.3 million tons and that number was adjusted to 32.7 million tons for 4Q 2012 with the addition of the new Severstal Columbus EAF.
