[Ferro-Alloys.com] In the week ending on June 29, 2019, domestic raw steel production was 1,851,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 79.5 percent. Production was 1,815,000 net tons in the week ending June 29, 2018 while the capability utilization then was 77.4 percent. The current week production represents a 2.0 percent increase from the same period in the previous year. Production for the week ending June 29, 2019 is down 1.2 percent from the previous week ending June 22, 2019 when production was 1,873,000 net tons and the rate of capability utilization was 80.5 percent.

Adjusted year-to-date production through June 29, 2019 was 48,611,000 net tons, at a capability utilization rate of 81.2 percent. That is up 5.4 percent from the 46,103,000 net tons during the same period last year, when the capability utilization rate was 76.7 percent.
Broken down by districts, here's production for the week ending June 29, 2019 in thousands of net tons: North East: 214; Great Lakes: 697; Midwest: 201; Southern: 672 and Western: 67 for a total of 1851.

The Raw Steel production tonnage provided in this report is estimated. The figures are compiled from weekly production tonnage provided from 50% 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 production report "AIS 7", published monthly and available by subscription, provides a more detailed summary of steel production based on data supplied by companies representing 75% of U.S. production capacity.

• [Editor:kangmingfei]