US raw steel production falls 0.8 percent week-on-week

US raw steel production fell last week (ended March 4) with output decreasing 0.8 percent from the previous week. In the previous week, US raw steel production had increased 1.1 percent compared to the week before.
Total raw steel production in the United States amounted to 1,827,000 nt last week. This figure represents a 0.8 percent decrease from the 1,841,000 nt produced in the prior week, and is up 7.9 percent from the 1,683,000 nt produced in the same week of last year.
The capacity utilization rate of US raw steelmaking facilities was 74.7 in the week ending March 4, compared to 75.3 percent in the prior week and 69.2 percent in the same week last year.

US raw steel production falls 0.8 percent week-on-week