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James Moss

After 20-some years consulting I'm still fascinated by the problems of strategy development in this basic industry, especially now that it stands at the center of an industrial revolution like no other. You can read more about me here.

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World crude steel production slips 3% in April

May 21, 2009

The World Steel Association published the latest global crude steel production data yesterday. It’s now in the Nerds crude steel production spreadsheet below. The data (which as mentioned previously) are often significantly revised in later bulletins show a 3% decline month to month from March to April and 24% decline year on year 2008 to […]

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We’re finally on Twitter…

April 30, 2009

We’re finally on Twitter – NerdsofSteel. Now you can follow us anywhere. Here’s the link: http://twitter.com/nerdsofsteel

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World Steel Production for March, 2009 & Short Term Demand Forecast

April 27, 2009

The World Steel Association recently published two important sets of data. The first, published about a week ago are the latest figures for crude steel production by country through March of 2009. You can see and use that data in the Nerds spreadsheet below. In aggregate it shows an 8.3% improvement in global output March […]

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World Crude Steel Output for February 2009

March 21, 2009

Worldsteel has published crude steel production estimates for 66 countries around the world that report production. The data is shown in the spreadsheet below. There is a minor decline in output from January, but given the likely revisions to the data – up and down – caution should be taken in assuming a continuing downward […]

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World crude steel output up 5% in January

February 23, 2009

Worldsteel just published the preliminary world crude steel production figures for January 2009. They show a small 5% increase in output from December data entirely attributable to China – a trend that seems to have been shortlived according to this article in the FT on February 20. For non FT-subscribers the article says: Chinese steel […]

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“Buy American” video – Steel & the Stimulus Package

February 16, 2009

CBS News magazine 60 Minutes last night reported on the “Buy American” steel aspects of the current stimulus package. The video below features Nucor employees and CEO Dan DiMicco. One of the most interesting comments comes from a group of inside salespeople who explain how in one week in December total orders were negative as […]

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