According to the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), the week ending on January 25, 2025, US domestic raw steel production was 1.641 million net tons while the capacity utilization rate was 73.7 percent.
Production for the week ending on January 25, 2025, is down 0.2 percent from the previous week ending January 18, 2025, when production was 1.644 million net tons and the rate of capacity utilization was 73.8 percent.
Production was 1.629 million net tons in the week ending January 25, 2024, while the capacity utilization was 73.3 percent. The current week production represents a 0.7 percent increase from the same period in the previous year.
Adjusted year-to-date production through January 25, 2025, was 5.878 million net tons, at a capacity utilization rate of 73.9 percent. That is up 1.0 percent from the 5.818 million net tons during the same period last year, when the capacity utilization rate was 73.3 percent.