January 4, 2010
This
Week’s Raw Steel Production
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In the week ending January 2, 2010, domestic
raw steel production was 1,468,000 net tons while the capability
utilization rate was 61.5 percent. Production was 987,000 tons
in the week ending January 2, 2010, while the capability
utilization then was 41.4 percent. The current week production
represents a 48.7 percent increase from the same period
in the previous year. Production for the week ending January 2,
2010 is up 1.6 percent from the previous week
ending December 26, 2009 when production was 1,445,000 tons
and the rate of capability utilization was 60.6 percent.
Adjusted year-to-date production through January 2, 2010 was
1,468,000 tons, at a capability utilization rate of 61.5 percent.
That is a 48.7 percent increase from the 987,000 tons during the
same period last year, when the capability utilization rate
was 41.4 percent.
Broken down by districts, here’s production for the week
ending January 2, 2010 in thousands of net tons: Northeast Coast:
142; Pittsburgh/Youngstown: 105; Lake Erie: 40; Detroit: 111;
Indiana/Chicago: 367; Midwest: 198; Southern: 440 and Western:
65.
(Estimate based on reports from companies
representing about 50% of the Industry’s Raw Steel Capability + includes
revisions for previous months)
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