In the week ending November 17, 2012, domestic raw steel production was 1,792,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 72.5 percent. Production was 1,809,000 tons in the week ending November 17, 2011, while the capability utilization then was 73.0 percent. The current week production represents a 0.9 percent decrease from the same period in the previous year. Production for the week ending November 17, 2012 is up 2.6 percent from the previous week ending November 10, 2012 when production was 1,746,000 tons and the rate of capability utilization was 70.7 percent.
Adjusted year-to-date production through November 17, 2012 was 86,349,000 tons, at a capability utilization rate of 76.0 percent. That is a 3.3 percent increase from the 83,628,000 tons during the same period last year, when the capability utilization rate was 74.4 percent.
Broken down by districts, here's production for the week ending November 17, 2012 in thousands of net tons: North East: 201; Great Lakes: 633; Midwest: 259; Southern: 611 and Western: 88.
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