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China crude steel production up 12.7% and net exports down 43.9% on October 2019

November 26, 2020

Worldsteel reported crude steel production in China at 92.2 million metric tonnes in October, 12.7% higher than in October 2019. Chinese production in the first ten months of 2020 was 5.5% higher than in the same period last year. Data from the General Administration of Customs show net finished steel exports (exports minus imports) in […]

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October world crude steel production 161.9Mt, +7.0% on October 2019

November 25, 2020

Worldsteel published October 2020 world crude steel production yesterday. World steel output was 161.9 million metric tonnes, 7.0% higher than in October 2019. Crude steel production in the first ten months of 2020 was 2.0% lower than in the same period last year. China accounted for 57% of world output in October. Chinese production was […]

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US long products imports down 3% on October 2019

November 19, 2020

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 3% from 233,000 short tons in October 2019 to 226,000 tons in October this year. Licenses indicate that the decline was mainly due to lower wire rod imports from Japan and Canada. Based on January to September imports and October import licenses, US long products […]

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US flat products imports down 15% on October 2019

November 11, 2020

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 15% from 616,000 short tons in October 2019 to 526,000 tons last month. Hot rolled imports declined by the largest volume, down 21% on last October, due mainly to lower volumes from Canada and South Korea. Hot dip galvanized imports fell by the second largest […]

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First River Steel Data Room Dataset of the Week: North American Iron Ore Pellet Price

October 29, 2020

Following iron ore pellet prices? You may be interested in this week’s Steel Data Room featured dataset “Iron Ore Pellet Price, Cliffs NA Quarterly Realized Product Revenue Rate”. In this dataset, you can find Cleveland-Cliffs‘ quarterly realized product revenue rate for their Mining and Pelletizing business from Q4 1992 to their latest Q3 2020 data […]

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China crude steel production up 11% and net exports down 78% on September 2019

October 27, 2020

Worldsteel reported crude steel production in China at 92.6 million metric tonnes in September, 10.9% higher than in September 2019. Chinese production in the first nine months of 2020 was 4.7% higher than in the same period last year. Data from the General Administration of Customs show Chinese net finished steel exports (exports minus imports) […]

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