For the week ending August 29, 2015, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,703,000 net tons of raw steel, a 2.2 percent decrease over the previous week and a 11.8 percent decrease over the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate is 71.2 percent, down […]
For the week ending August 22, 2015, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,742,000 net tons of raw steel, a 1.5 percent decrease over the previous week and a 9.7 percent decrease over the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate is 72.9 percent, down […]
For the week ending August 15, 2015, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,768,000 net tons of raw steel, a 0.7 percent increase over the previous week but a 8.4 percent decrease over the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate is 73.9 percent, up […]
For the week ending August 8, 2015, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,756,000 net tons of raw steel, a 0.2 percent decrease over the previous week and a 9.0 percent decrease over the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate is 73.4 percent, down […]
For the week ending August 1, 2015, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,760,000 net tons of raw steel, a 1.1 percent increase over the previous week but a 8.0 percent decrease over the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate is 73.6 percent, up […]
The American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) recently reported final raw steel production estimates for the month of June 2015. The monthly estimates are different than the weekly estimates we report in our Tuesday issues; the AISI bases the monthly estimates on 75 percent of the domestic mills reporting vs. only 50 percent for the […]
For the week ending July 25, 2015, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,740,000 net tons of raw steel, a 0.7 percent decrease over the previous week and a 9.1 percent decrease over the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate is 72.8 percent, down […]
For the week ending July 18, 2015, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,753,000 net tons of raw steel, a 0.7 percent increase over the previous week but a 8.4 percent decrease over the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate is 73.3 percent, up […]
For the week ending July 11, 2015, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,740,000 net tons of raw steel, a 3.3 percent increase over the previous week but a 9.1 percent decrease over the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate is 72.8 percent, up […]
For the week ending July 4, 2015, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,684,000 net tons of raw steel, a 2.8 percent decrease over the previous week and a 11.4 percent decrease over the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate is 71.2 percent, down […]
For the week ending June 27, 2015, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,733,000 net tons of raw steel, a 0.4 percent increase over the previous week but a 8.3 percent decrease over the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate is 73.3 percent, up […]
For the week ending June 20, 2015, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,726,000 net tons of raw steel, a 1.2 percent decrease over the previous week and a 8.6 percent decrease over the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate is 73.0 percent, down […]
For the week ending June 13, 2015, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,747,000 net tons of raw steel, a 1.5 percent increase over the previous week but a 7.5 percent decrease over the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate is 73.9 percent, up […]
For the week ending June 6, 2015, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,722,000 net tons of raw steel, a 1.3 percent increase over the previous week but an 8.8 percent decrease over the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate is 72.8 percent, up […]
For the week ending May 30, 2015, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,700,000 net tons of raw steel, a 1.8 percent decrease over the previous week and an 8.6 percent decrease over the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate is 71.9 percent, down […]
For the week ending May 23, 2015, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,732,000 net tons of raw steel, a 1.6 percent increase over the previous week but an 6.9 percent decrease over the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate is 73.3 percent, up […]
For the week ending May 16, 2015, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,705,000 net tons of raw steel, a 2.4 percent increase over the previous week but an 8.3 percent decrease over the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate is 72.1 percent, up […]
For the week ending May 9, 2015, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,665,000 net tons of raw steel, a 2.7 percent decrease over the previous week and a 10.5 percent decrease over the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate is 70.4 percent, down […]
For the week ending May 2, 2015, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,712,000 net tons of raw steel, a 0.3 percent increase over the previous week but a 7.0 percent decrease over the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate is 72.4 percent, up […]
The American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) recently reported final raw steel production estimates for the month of March 2015. The monthly estimates are different than the weekly estimates we report in our Tuesday issues; the AISI bases the monthly estimates on 75 percent of the domestic mills reporting vs. only 50 percent for the […]
When we speak with the domestic steel mills one of the things we hear from them is that their order books have improved over the last three weeks. The weekly raw steel production report provided by the AISI is also catching this change in ordering and production patterns. For the week ending April 25, 2015, […]
For the week ending April 18, 2015, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,655,000 net tons of raw steel, a 2.1 percent increase over the previous week but a 10.1 percent decrease over the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate is 70.0 percent, up […]
For the week ending April 11, 2015, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,621,000 net tons of raw steel, a 1.3 percent increase over the previous week but a 12.0 percent decrease over the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate is 68.6 percent, up […]
For the week ending April 4, 2015, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,600,000 net tons of raw steel, a 1.7 percent decrease over the previous week and a 13.7 percent decrease over the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate is 67.7 percent, down […]
For the week ending March 28, 2015, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,628,000 net tons of raw steel, a 0.7 percent decrease over the previous week and a 12.8 percent decrease over the same week one year ago. The estimated capacity utilization rate is 68.9 percent, down […]
The American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) recently reported final raw steel production estimates for the month of February 2015. The monthly estimates are different than the weekly estimates we report in our Tuesday issues; the AISI bases the monthly estimates on 75 percent of the domestic mills reporting vs. only 50 percent for the […]
The most recent weekly raw steel production data is showing a slight rise in production following 7 consecutive declining weeks previous to this data being released. For the week ending March 21, 2015, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,639,000 net tons of raw steel, a 1.0 percent […]
The most recent weekly raw steel production data is showing a continuation of the slowing of production at the domestic steel mills. For the week ending March 14, 2015, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated the U.S. steel industry produced 1,623,000 net tons of raw steel, a 1.3 percent decrease over the previous […]
The most recent weekly raw steel production data is showing a slowing in production by the U.S. steelmakers. For the week ending March 7, 2015, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated that the U.S. steel industry produced 1,645,000 net tons of raw steel, a 0.7 percent decrease over the previous week and a […]
The most recent weekly raw steel production data is showing a collapse in production by the U.S. steelmakers. For the week ending February 28, 2015, the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) estimated that the U.S. steel industry produced 1,657,000 net tons of raw steel, a 3.4 percent decrease over the previous week and a […]