Raw Steel Production Takes a Small Dip

Adjusted year-to-date production through June 6 totaled 35,491,000 net tons at an average utilization rate of 68.6 percent–down 16.9 percent from production in the same period last year when the average utilization rate was 81.4 percent.

Following is production by district for the June 6 week: North East: 113,000 net tons; Great Lakes, 411,000 net tons; Midwest, 117,000 net tons; South, 500,000 net tons; and West, 54,000 net tons, for a total of 1,195,000 tons. Production decreased in three of the five regions by a net total of 11,000 tons.

Note: The raw steel production tonnage provided in this report is estimated. The figures are compiled from weekly production tonnage from 50 percent of the domestic producers combined with monthly production data for the remainder. Therefore, this report should be used primarily to assess production trends. The AISI monthly production report provides a more detailed summary of steel production based on data supplied by companies representing 75 percent of U.S. production capacity. Capability for second-quarter 2020 is approximately 29.1 million tons, compared to 30.3 million tons for the same period last year and 30.1 million tons for the first quarter of 2020.