Industry Data

Weekly Raw Steel Production

In the week ending on May 2, 2026, domestic raw steel production was 1,856,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 80.4 percent. Production was 1,694,000 net tons in the week ending May 2, 2025, while the capability utilization then was 75.4 percent. The current week production represents a 9.6 percent increase from the same period in the previous year. Production for the week ending May 2, 2026 is up 1.4 percent from the previous week ending April 25, 2026 when production was 1,830,000 net tons and the rate of capability utilization was 79.3 percent.

Adjusted year-to-date production through May 2, 2026, was 31,405,000 net tons, at a capability utilization rate of 77.9 percent. That is up 6.2 percent from the 29,582,000 net tons during the same period last year, when the capability utilization rate was 76.1 percent.

Broken down by districts, here’s production for the week ending May 2, 2026, in thousands of net tons: North East: 134; Great Lakes: 511; Midwest: 311; Southern: 838 and Western: 62 for a total of 1856.

The raw steel production tonnage provided in this report is estimated. The figures are compiled from weekly production tonnage provided by approximately 50% of the domestic production capacity combined with the most recent monthly production data for the remainder. Therefore, this report should be used primarily to assess production trends. The AISI production report “AIS 7”, published monthly and available by subscription, provides a more detailed summary of steel production based on data supplied by companies representing 75% of U.S. production capacity. +Year to date adjusted for consistency with monthly data.