Quoting from the American Iron & Steel Institute's website:

"In the week ending March 1, 2008, domestic raw steel production was 2,153,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 90.3 percent. Production was 2,126,000 tons in the week ending March 1, 2007, while the capability utilization then was 89.5 percent. The current week production represents a 1.2 percent decrease from the same period in the previous year. Production for the week ending March 1, 2008 is down 0.2 percent from the previous week ending February 23, 2008 when production was 2,158,000 tons and the rate of capability utilization was 90.5 percent.

Adjusted year-to-date production through March 1, 2008 was 18,969,000 tons, at a capability utilization rate of 88.4 percent. That is a 6.0 percent increase from the 17,889,000 tons during the same period last year, when the capability utilization rate was 87.0 percent.

Broken down by districts, here's production for the week ending March 1, 2008 in thousands of net tons: Northeast Coast: 181; Pittsburgh/Youngstown: 219; Lake Erie: 83; Detroit: 116; Indiana/Chicago: 511; Midwest: 272; Southern: 679 and Western: 92.

(Estimate based on reports from companies representing about 75% of the Industry's Raw Steel Capability) + includes revisions for previous months)"