AISI: Three regions see drop in raw steel output

Production is up 5.8% from the 1,594,000 tons produced in the same week one year ago.

The mill capability utilization for the week stood at 73.4% compared to 73.8% the week before. During the same week in 2022, mill capability utilization was at 71.5%.

Adjusted year-to-date production through Nov. 25 was 80,388,000 tons at a capability utilization rate of 75.7%. That is 0.3% less than the 80,637,000 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 – 123,000 (down 6,000 tons)
• Great Lakes – 553,000 (up 5,000 tons)
• Midwest – 177,000 (down 5,000 tons)
• South – 776,000 (up 6,000 tons)
• West – 58,000 (down 9,000 tons)