Steel Products Prices North America
May 23, 2017
Weekly Raw Steel Production at 1.74 Million Tons
Written by Brett Linton
For the week ending May 20, 2017, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,741,000 net tons of raw steel, a 0.8 percent increase over the previous week and a 0.5 percent increase over the revised rate from the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate for steel production is 74.7 percent, up from 74.1 percent last week and up from 74.1 percent this time last year.
Estimated total raw steel produced for 2017 year to date (YTD) is now reported to be 34,665,000 tons, up 3.0 percent from the 33,644,000 tons produced during the same period in 2016. The average capacity utilization rate for 2017 YTD is estimated to be 74.3 percent, up from 72.1 for 2016 YTD.
