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October 31 2009

November 2, 2009

This

Week’s Raw Steel Production

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In the week ending October 31 2009,
domestic raw steel production was 1,495,000 net tons while the
capability utilization rate was 62.7 percent. Production was
1,682,000 tons in the week ending October 31, 2008, while the
capability utilization then was 70.5 percent. The current week
production represents an 11.2 percent decrease from the
same period in the previous year. Production for the week
ending October 31, 2009 is down 0.8 percent from the
previous week ending October 24, 2009 when production was 1,507,000

tons and the rate of capability utilization
was 63.2 percent.

Adjusted year-to-date production through October 31, 2009 was
50,675,000 tons, at a capability utilization rate of 48.9 percent. That
is a 44.2 percent decrease from the 90,825,000 tons during the same

period last year, when the capability utilization rate was 88.0
percent.

Broken down by districts, here’s production for the week
ending October 31, 2009 in thousands of net tons: Northeast Coast:
114; Pittsburgh/Youngstown: 89; Lake Erie: 49; Detroit: 97;
Indiana/Chicago: 425; Midwest: 227; Southern: 430 and Western:
64.

(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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October 24 2009

October 26, 2009

This

Week’s Raw Steel Production

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In the week ending October 24, 2009, domestic
raw steel production was 1,507,000 net tons while the capability
utilization rate was 63.2 percent. Production was 1,682,000
tons in the week ending October 24, 2008, while the capability
utilization then was 70.5 percent. The current week production
represents a 10.4 percent decrease from the same period
in the previous year. Production for the week ending October 24,
2009 is up 2.3 percent from the previous week
ending October 17, 2009 when production was 1,473,000 tons and the
rate of capability utilization was 61.7 percent.

Adjusted year-to-date production through October 24, 2009 was
49,177,000 tons, at a capability utilization rate of 48.6 percent. That
is a 44.8 percent decrease from the 89,143,000 tons during the same

period last year, when the capability utilization rate was 88.0
percent.

Broken down by districts, here’s production for the week
ending October 24, 2009 in thousands of net tons: Northeast Coast:
126; Pittsburgh/Youngstown: 93; Lake Erie: 47; Detroit: 68;
Indiana/Chicago: 412; Midwest: 214; Southern: 483 and Western:
64.

(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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October 17 2009

October 19, 2009

This

Week’s Raw Steel Production

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In the week ending October 17, 2009, domestic
raw steel production was 1,473,000 net tons while the capability
utilization rate was 61.7 percent. Production was 1,682,000
tons in the week ending October 17, 2008, while the capability
utilization then was 70.5 percent. The current week production
represents a 12.4 percent decrease from the same period
in the previous year. Production for the week ending October 17,
2009 is up 1.9 percent from the previous week
ending October 10, 2009 when production was 1,446,000 tons and the
rate of capability utilization was 60.6 percent.

Adjusted year-to-date production through October 17, 2009 was
47,670,000 tons, at a capability utilization rate of 48.2 percent. That
is a 45.5 percent decrease from the 87,461,000 tons during the same

period last year, when the capability utilization rate was 88.0
percent.

Broken down by districts, here’s production for the week
ending October 17, 2009 in thousands of net tons: Northeast Coast:
115; Pittsburgh/Youngstown: 92; Lake Erie: 47; Detroit: 59;
Indiana/Chicago: 446; Midwest: 193; Southern: 461 and Western:
60.

(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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US long products imports rise 7% in September

October 16, 2009

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 7% from 125,000 short tons in August to 134,000 tons in September. September 2008 long products imports were 233,000 tons. Merchant bar, light shapes and beam imports all increased, with beam imports rising by 189% to 20,000 tons due to rises from Luxembourg, Spain and […]

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US flat products imports rise 30% in September

October 15, 2009

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 30% from 353,000 short tons in August to 458,000 tons in September. This compares to flat products imports of 816,000 tons in September when we started collecting flat products license data. Flat rolled imports have been rising continuously since a June 2009 low of 252,000 […]

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October 10 2009

October 12, 2009

This

Week’s Raw Steel Production

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In the week ending October 10, 2009, domestic
raw steel production was 1,446,000 net tons while the capability
utilization rate was 60.6 percent. Production was 1,682,000
tons in the week ending October 10, 2008, while the capability
utilization then was 70.5 percent. The current week production
represents a 14.2 percent decrease from the same period
in the previous year. Production for the week ending October 10,
2009 is up 2.2 percent from the previous week
ending October 3, 2009 when production was 1,415,000 tons and the
rate of capability utilization was 59.3 percent.

Adjusted year-to-date production through October 10, 2009 was
46,197,000 tons, at a capability utilization rate of 47.9 percent. That
is a 46.2 percent decrease from the 85,779,000 tons during the same

period last year, when the capability utilization rate was 88.0
percent.

Broken down by districts, here’s production for the week
ending October 10, 2009 in thousands of net tons: Northeast Coast:
112; Pittsburgh/Youngstown: 88; Lake Erie: 46; Detroit: 64;
Indiana/Chicago: 427; Midwest: 192; Southern: 458 and Western:
59.

(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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