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AISI: Weekly Raw Steel Production Down 1.2% From Previous Week, 8.6% Year on Year
06/26/2015 - In the week ending June 20, 2015, the American Iron and Steel Institute reported that domestic raw steel production was 1,726,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 73.0 percent.
Production was 1,889,000 net tons in the week ending June 20, 2014 while the capability utilization then was 78.5 percent. The current week production represents a 8.6 percent decrease from the same period in the previous year. Production for the week ending June 20, 2015 is down 1.2 percent from the previous week ending June 13, 2015 when production was 1,747,000 net tons and the rate of capability utilization was 73.9 percent.
Adjusted year-to-date production through June 20, 2015 was 41,837,000 net tons, at a capability utilization rate of 72.4 percent. That is down 7.4 percent from the 45,172,000 net tons during the same period last year, when the capability utilization rate was 77.3 percent.
Broken down by districts, the production for the week ending June 20, 2015 in thousands of net tons: North East: 219; Great Lakes: 618; Midwest: 210; Southern: 591 and Western: 88 for a total of 1,726.
Adjusted year-to-date production through June 20, 2015 was 41,837,000 net tons, at a capability utilization rate of 72.4 percent. That is down 7.4 percent from the 45,172,000 net tons during the same period last year, when the capability utilization rate was 77.3 percent.
Broken down by districts, the production for the week ending June 20, 2015 in thousands of net tons: North East: 219; Great Lakes: 618; Midwest: 210; Southern: 591 and Western: 88 for a total of 1,726.
