In the United States, steel production increased by 0.8% in the 34th week of 2026%

According to the American Institute of Ferrous Metallurgy (AISI), for the week ending August 22, 2026, domestic steel production in the United States amounted to 1.848 million tons, and the capacity utilization rate was 80.0%.

Production volume for the week ending August 22, 2026 increased by 0.8 percent compared to the previous week ending August 15, 2026, when production was 1.833 million tons net and the capacity utilization rate was 79.4 percent.

For the week ended August 22, 2025, the production volume was 1.764 million tons net, and the capacity utilization was 78.2 percent. The volume of production this week increased by 4.8% compared to the same period last year..

Adjusted production volume as of August 22, 2026 was 61.011 million tons net with a capacity utilization rate of 79.0%. This is a 5.6% increase compared to 57.776 million tons of net for the same period last year, when the capacity utilization rate was 77.0 percent.