U.S. Raw Steel Output Plummeted 13%

The topmost producer was the Southern region, whose output totalled 641,000 net tons.

SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): The most recent weekly production statistics suggests substantial decline in raw steel production by the country during the week ended on December 5th, 2020. The data published by the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) points to significant year-on-year decline in output during the week.

The domestic raw steel production during the week totalled 1.579 million net tons. The capability utilization rate during the week was 71.4%. This compares with the production and capability utilization rate of 1.818 million net tons and 78.6% respectively during the corresponding week a year before. Upon comparison with the week ended December 5th, 2019, the production is down by almost 13.1%.

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U.S. Steel Capacity Utilization Slumped to 70.6%

The production for the week was up marginally by 1.2% from the prior week, when it had totalled 1.561 million net tons. The capability utilization rate was 70.6% in the week ended November 28, 2020.

The topmost producer was the Southern region, whose output totalled 641,000 net tons. The production by the other regions is as follows: Great Lakes (555,000 net tons), Midwest (169,000 net tons), North East (144,000 net tons) and Western (70,000 net tons).

The adjusted year-to-date production through December 5th, 2020 totalled 73.765 million net tons at an average capability utilization rate of 67.2%. This is down by almost 18.3%, upon comparison with the production of 90.264 million net tons during the same period a year before, when the capability utilization rate had averaged at 80.0%.