Steel Products Prices North America
July 18, 2017
U.S. Raw Steel Production Up 2.3 Percent
Written by Tim Triplett
U.S. raw steel production hit 1,763,000 net tons in the week ending July 15, up 1.7 percent from the previous week and up 5.8 percent from the same week last year. Mill capacity utilization for the July 15 week averaged 75.6 percent, up from 74.3 percent the prior week and 71.3 percent the prior year.
Adjusted year-to-date production through July 15 totaled 48,566,000 net tons, an increase of 2.3 percent from the same period in 2016.
