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October 3 2009

October 5, 2009

This

Week’s Raw Steel Production

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In the week ending October 3, 2009, domestic
raw steel production was 1,415,000 net tons while the capability
utilization rate was 59.3 percent. Production was 1,850,000
tons in the week ending October 3, 2008, while the capability
utilization then was 77.5 percent. The current week production
represents a 23.6 percent decrease from the same period
in the previous year. Production for the week ending October 3,
2009 is up 1.7 percent from the previous week
ending September 26, 2009 when production was 1,392,000 tons and
the rate of capability utilization was 58.3 percent.

Adjusted year-to-date production through October 3, 2009 was
44,751,000 tons, at a capability utilization rate of 47.6 percent. That
is a 46.8 percent decrease from the 84,097,000 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 3, 2009 in thousands of net tons: Northeast Coast:
116; Pittsburgh/Youngstown: 90; Lake Erie: 26; Detroit: 71;
Indiana/Chicago: 419; Midwest: 174; Southern: 459 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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September 26 2009

September 28, 2009

This

Week’s Raw Steel Production

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In the week ending September 26, 2009, domestic

raw steel production was 1,392,000 net tons while the capability
utilization rate was 58.3 percent. Production was 2,017,000
tons in the week ending September 26, 2008, while the capability
utilization then was 84.5 percent. The current week production
represents a 31.0 percent decrease from the same period
in the previous year. Production for the week ending September 26,
2009 is up 0.5 percent from the previous week
ending September 19, 2009 when production was 1,386,000 tons and
the rate of capability utilization was 58.1 percent.

Adjusted year-to-date production through September 26, 2009 was
43,336,000 tons, at a capability utilization rate of 47.3 percent. That
is a 47.3 percent decrease from the 82,247,000 tons during the same

period last year, when the capability utilization rate was 89.7
percent.

Broken down by districts, here’s production for the week
ending September 26, 2009 in thousands of net tons: Northeast
Coast: 115; Pittsburgh/Youngstown: 101; Lake Erie: 21; Detroit: 69;
Indiana/Chicago: 386; Midwest: 166; Southern: 475 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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September 19 2009

September 22, 2009

This

Week’s Raw Steel Production

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In the week ending September 19, 2009, domestic

raw steel production was 1,386,000 net tons while the capability
utilization rate was 58.1 percent. Production was 2,017,000
tons in the week ending September 19, 2008, while the capability
utilization then was 84.5 percent. The current week production
represents a 31.3 percent decrease from the same period
in the previous year. Production for the week ending September 19,
2009 is up 1.0 percent from the previous week
ending September 12, 2009 when production was 1,373,000 tons and
the rate of capability utilization was 57.5 percent.

Adjusted year-to-date production through September 19, 2009 was
41,944,000 tons, at a capability utilization rate of 47.0 percent. That
is a 47.8 percent decrease from the 80,230,000 tons during the same

period last year, when the capability utilization rate was 89.7
percent.

Broken down by districts, here’s production for the week
ending September 19, 2009 in thousands of net tons: Northeast
Coast: 104; Pittsburgh/Youngstown: 99; Lake Erie: 8; Detroit: 68;
Indiana/Chicago: 409; Midwest: 175; Southern: 464 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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US long products imports rise 26% in August

September 18, 2009

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 26% from 104,000 short tons in July to 131,000 tons in August. This is the highest level since March 2009 when long products imports were 168,000 tons, but it is below August 2008 imports of 232,000 tons. Wire rod imports increased 121% from 33,000 tons […]

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US flat products imports rise 27% in August

September 18, 2009

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 27% from 291,000 short tons in July to 369,000 tons in August. This compares to flat products imports of 816,000 tons in September 2008 when we started collecting flat products license data. Hot dip galvanized imports showed the only decline from 68,000 tons in July […]

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September 12 2009

September 14, 2009

This

Week’s Raw Steel Production

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In the week ending September 12, 2009, domestic

raw steel production was 1,373,000 net tons while the capability
utilization rate was 57.5 percent. Production was 2,017,000
tons in the week ending September 12, 2008, while the capability
utilization then was 84.5 percent. The current week production
represents a 32.0 percent decrease from the same period
in the previous year. Production for the week ending September 12,
2009 is up 2.3 percent from the previous week
ending September 5, 2009 when production was 1,342,000 tons and the

rate of capability utilization was 56.2 percent.

Adjusted year-to-date production through September 12, 2009 was
40,558,000 tons, at a capability utilization rate of 46.7 percent. That
is a 48.2 percent decrease from the 78,213,000 tons during the same

period last year, when the capability utilization rate was 89.7
percent.

Broken down by districts, here’s production for the week
ending September 12, 2009 in thousands of net tons: Northeast
Coast: 110; Pittsburgh/Youngstown: 95; Lake Erie: 10; Detroit: 65;
Indiana/Chicago: 388; Midwest: 148; Southern: 495 and Western:
62.

(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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