US raw steel production is down 1.6 percent - week 52, 2025


According to the American Iron and Steel Institute (AlS1),the week ending on December 20, 2025, US domestic raw steelproduction was 1.725 million net tons while the capacity utilization rate was 76.3percent.Production for the week ending on December 20, 2025,is down 1.6 percent from the previous week ending December 13,2025,when production was 1.753million net tons and the rate of capacity utilization was 76.5 percent.

Production was 1.665 million net tons in the week ending December 20,2024, while the capacity utilization was 75.0 percent. Thecurrent week production represents a 3.6 percent increase from the same period in the previous year

 

Adjusted year-to-date production through December 20, 2025, was 87.606 milion net tons, at a capacity utilization rate of 76.8percent. Thatis up 3.4 percent from the 84.733 milion nettons during the same period last year, when the capacity utilization ratewas 75.4 percent.

 

From: Steel Orbis