[Ferro-Alloys.com]

 

In the week ending on December 3, 2022, according to data of AISI, US domestic raw steel production was 1,630,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 73.1 percent. Production was 1,801,000 net tons in the week ending December 3, 2021 while the capability utilization then was 81.6 percent. The current week production represents a 9.5  percent decrease from the same period in the previous year. Production for the week ending December 3, 2022 is up 0.3 percent from the previous week ending November 26, 2022 when production was 1,625,000 net tons and the rate of capability utilization was 72.8 percent.

 

Adjusted year-to-date+ production through December 3, 2022 was 82,729,000 net tons, at a capability utilization rate of 78.3 percent. That is down 5.5 percent from the 87,505,000 net tons during the same period last year, when the capability utilization rate was 81.3 percent.

 

Broken down by districts, here’s production for the week ending December 3, 2022 in thousands of net tons: North East: 139; Great Lakes: 541; Midwest: 196; Southern: 684 and Western: 70 for a total of 1630. | AISI