Steel Products Prices North America
July 25, 2017
U.S. Steel Production Trending Up
Written by Tim Triplett
U.S. raw steel production totaled 1,773,000 net tons in the week ending July 22, up 0.6 percent from the previous week and an increase of 6.4 percent from the same period last year. The mill capability utilization rate was 76.1 percent, up from 75.6 percent in the prior week and 71.3 percent a year ago, reports the American Iron and Steel Institute in Washington.
Adjusted year-to-date production through July 22 totaled 50,339,000 net tons, up 2.5 percent from the same period last year.
