US raw steel output reaches new 2025 high: AISI

US raw steel output reaches new 2025 high: AISI
Published by: Rachel McGuire<>
23 Jun 2025 @ 21:34 UTC

Domestic raw steel production in the US was 1,787,000 net tons in the week leading up to Saturday, June 21, while capacity utilization was 79.6%, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI).

US output reached a new high in 2025 over the week, eclipsing the previous record set during the week ended June 7.
Broken down by districts, production stood at 786,000 net tons in the South, 564,000 tons in the Great Lakes, 248,000 tons in the Midwest, 120,000 tons in the Northeast and 69,000 tons in the West, for a total of 1,787,000 tons.
Production increased by 4.9% from the corresponding period of 2024, when output was 1,703,000 net tons and capacity utilization was 76.7%.
Production rose by 0.2% from the previous week ended, when production was 1,783,000 net tons and capacity utilization was 79.4%.
Adjusted year-to-date production through Saturday was 41,642,000 net tons, at a capacity utilization rate of 75.8%, up by 0.2% from the 41,571,000 net tons in the corresponding period of 2024, when the capacity utilization rate was 76.2%.
Please note the year-ago and year-ago-to-date figures reflect revised data published by the AISI this week; as a result, those numbers may not align with the crude steel production chart published by Fastmarkets, which utilizes data released by the AISI in previous years.