AISI: Southern region gets boost in raw steel production

Production is up 6.4% from the 1,594,000 tons produced in the same week one year ago.

The mill capability utilization for the week was 73.8% compared to 73.2% the week before. During the same week in 2022, mill capability utilization was at 71.5%.

Adjusted year-to-date production through Nov. 18 was 78,701,000 tons at a capability utilization rate of 75.7%. That is 0.4% less than the 79,043,000 tons produced during the same period one year ago when the rate was 78.1%.

Production by region is shown below with the week-over-week change shown in parentheses:

• Northeast – 129,000 (down 2,000 tons)
• Great Lakes – 548,000 (down 4,000 tons)
• Midwest – 182,000 (up 36,000 tons)
• South – 770,000 (up 15,000 tons)
• West – 67,000 (down 2,000 tons)