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Jessica Wagner

My 15 years of steel industry experience includes consulting based in Pittsburgh, working for the former Mannesmann Demag Hüttentechnik in Duisburg, Germany, consulting based in London and now in the Milan area. I concentrate on steel and raw materials research and analysis outside the US.

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US long products imports drop 14% on March 2024, +12% on first three months of 2024 due to January surge

April 21, 2025

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 14% from 324,000 short tons in March 2024 to 271,000 tons in March 2025. The decline was mainly due to lower rebar imports from Turkey. Despite imports dropping between March 2024 and March 2025, US long products imports in the first three months of 2025 […]

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US flat products imports fall 35% on March 2024, -16% on the 1st three months of 2024

April 9, 2025

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 35% from 834,000 short tons in March, 2024 to 545,000 tons in March, 2025. The decline was mainly due to lower hot roll imports from Canada and South Korea, as well as lower hot dip galvanized imports from a number of countries including Vietnam, Mexico […]

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Pierre-Etienne Franc from Hy24 and FiveT Hydrogen discusses the economics of hydrogen use in steelmaking decarbonization in the latest episode of The Green Steel Challenge

April 9, 2025

Pierre-Etienne Franc, Co-founder and CEO of Hy24 and Co-founder and President of FiveT Hydrogen AG gives us a fantastic overview of the current hydrogen market as well as its potential for growth in the newest Green Steel Challenge podcast episode, released yesterday. He explains why hydrogen production is important for decarbonizing industrial processes such as […]

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China crude steel production declines 3.3% on February, 2024 to 78.9 million tonnes

March 26, 2025

Worldsteel reported crude steel production in China at 78.9 million metric tonnes in February, 3.3% lower than in February, 2024. Chinese production in the first two months of 2025 was 4.5% lower than in the same period last year. Data from China’s General Administration of Customs show net finished steel exports (exports minus imports) for […]

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The Green Steel Challenge podcast proudly presents SSAB’s Executive VP and CTO Martin Pei discussing HyBrit and the world’s first emission-free steel

March 25, 2025

At the forefront of the European steel industry’s decarbonization is SSAB‘s HyBrit process. On The Green Steel Challenge podcast episode released today, Martin Pei explains exactly how SSAB is leading the steelmaking process transition away from the blast furnace route and how research and collaboration is allowing them to produce a cost-competitive decarbonized steel product. […]

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World crude steel production -3.4% on February 2024, -0.3% on first two months of 2024

March 25, 2025

Worldsteel published February world crude steel production today. World crude steel output was 144.7 million metric tonnes, 3.4% lower than in February, 2024. China produced 78.9 million tonnes in February, accounting for 55% of world output and declining 3.3% compared to February, 2024. World crude steel production outside of China fell 3.5% on last February. […]

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