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September 4, 2013
August Raw Steel Production & Capacity Utilization Rates
Written by Brett Linton
The American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) reported estimated raw steel production at 1,871,000 net tons for the week ending July 27, 2013. With outages and maintenance issues, production declined through August to a high of 1,888,000 net tons of raw steel in the week ending August 3, and dropping down to 1,856,000 net tons in the final week of the month, ending on August 31.
Capacity utilization declined from 78.8 percent at the beginning of August to 77.5 percent in the week ending August 31.
