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April 10 2010

April 12, 2010

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Week’s Raw Steel Production

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In the week ending April 10, 2010, domestic raw

steel production was 1,731,000 net tons while the capability utilization

rate was 71.6 percent. Produc…

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April 3 2010

April 5, 2010

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Week’s Raw Steel Production

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In the week ending April 3, 2010, domestic raw
steel production was 1,712,000 net tons while the capability utilization

rate was 70.8 percent. Production was 981,000 tons in the week

ending April 3, 2009, while the capability utilization then
was 41.0 percent. The current week production represents
a 74.5 percent increase from the same period in the
previous year. Production for the week ending April 3, 2010
is down 1.3 percent from the previous week ending March
27, 2010 when production was 1,734,000 tons and the rate of capability
utilization was 71.7 percent.

Adjusted year-to-date production through April 3, 2010 was
21,833,000 tons, at a capability utilization rate of 68.0 percent.
That is a 61.4 percent increase from the 13,529,000 tons during the same

period last year, when the capability utilization rate was 42.4
percent.

Broken down by districts, here’s production for the week
ending April 3, 2010 in thousands of net tons: Northeast Coast:
146; Pittsburgh/Youngstown: 111; Lake Erie: 47; Detroit: 120;
Indiana/Chicago: 467; Midwest: 235; Southern: 510 and Western:
76.

(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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March 20 2010

March 22, 2010

This
Week’s Raw Steel Production

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In the week ending March 20, 2010, domestic raw
steel production was 1,720,000 net tons while the capability utilization
rate was 71.1 percent. Production was 983,000 tons in the week
ending March 20, 2009, while the capability utilization then
was 41.1 percent. The current week production represents
a 75.0 percent increase from the same period in the
previous year. Production for the week ending March 20, 2010
is up 0.3 percent from the previous week ending March 13,
2010 when production was 1,715,000 tons and the rate of capability
utilization was 70.9 percent.

Adjusted year-to-date production through March 20, 2010 was
18,387,000 tons, at a capability utilization rate of 67.4 percent.
That is a 59.0 percent increase from the 11,565,000 tons during the
same period last year, when the capability utilization rate
was 42.9 percent.

Broken down by districts, here’s production for the week
ending March 20, 2010 in thousands of net tons: Northeast Coast:
144; Pittsburgh/Youngstown: 116; Lake Erie: 46; Detroit: 111;
Indiana/Chicago: 466; Midwest: 236; Southern: 543 and Western:
58.

(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 steel mill utilization once again at 70%

March 15, 2010

For the first time since the week ending October 25th 2008, US steel mill utilization is above 70% according to data for the week ending March 13th, 2010 released today by the AISI. The progress of weekly utilization since August of 2008 is shown in the chart below:   There are two charts on the […]

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March 13 2010

March 15, 2010

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Week’s Raw Steel Production

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In the week ending March 13, 2010, domestic raw

steel production was 1,715,000 net tons while the capability utilization

rate was 70.9 percent. Production was 983,000 tons in the week

ending March 13, 2009, while the capability utilization then
was 41.1 percent. The current week production represents
a 74.5 percent increase from the same period in the
previous year. Production for the week ending March 13, 2010
is up 1.9 percent from the previous week ending March 6,
2010 when production was 1,683,000 tons and the rate of capability
utilization was 69.6 percent.

Adjusted year-to-date production through March 13, 2010 was
16,667,000 tons, at a capability utilization rate of 67.0 percent.
That is a 57.5 percent increase from the 10,582,000 tons during the

same period last year, when the capability utilization rate
was 42.9 percent.

Broken down by districts, here’s production for the week
ending March 13, 2010 in thousands of net tons: Northeast Coast:
145; Pittsburgh/Youngstown: 113; Lake Erie: 45; Detroit: 130;
Indiana/Chicago: 422; Midwest: 242; Southern: 555 and Western:
63.

(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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February 27 2010

March 1, 2010

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Week’s Raw Steel Production

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In the week ending February 27, 2010, domestic
raw steel production was 1,668,000 net tons while the capability
utilization rate was 69.0 percent. Production was 1,064,000
tons in the week ending February 27, 2009, while the capability
utilization then was 45.5 percent. The current week production
represents a 56.8 percent increase from the same period
in the previous year. Production for the week ending February 20,
2010 is up 0.5 percent from the previous week
ending February 20, 2010 when production was 1,660,000 tons and the

rate of capability utilization was 68.6 percent.

Adjusted year-to-date production through February 27, 2010 was
13,269,000 tons, at a capability utilization rate of 66.2 percent.
That is a 42.6 percent increase from the 8,604,000 tons during the
same period last year, when the capability utilization rate
was 43.9 percent.

Broken down by districts, here’s production for the week
ending February 27, 2010 in thousands of net tons: Northeast Coast:

144; Pittsburgh/Youngstown: 112; Lake Erie: 44; Detroit: 119;
Indiana/Chicago: 405; Midwest: 233; Southern: 535 and Western:
76.

(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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