The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that for the month of April 2022, U.S. steel mills shipped 7,629,985 net tons.

Finished Import Market Share Estimated at 24 Percent in May.

US domestic raw steel production was 1,784,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 81.7 percent.

Delong Steel Group in 12th place (27.82 Mt), JFE Steel Corporation in 13th place (26.85 Mt).

Iron ore imports rose month on month, port inventories continued to fall, and iron ore prices continued to fall.

In late May 2022, key iron and steel enterprises produced 25.5119 million tons of crude steel, 22.5128 million tons of pig iron and 24.9286 million tons of steel.

Brazil produced 2.9 Mt, down 4.0%. Iran is estimated to have produced 2.2 Mt, down 20.7%.

US domestic raw steel production in the week ending on June 4, 2022 down 3.2 percent.