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First River Steel Data Room Dataset of the Week: Australian quarterly iron ore exports 225Mt

March 9, 2021

Did you know that Australian quarterly iron ore exports hit a historical peak of 225 million metric tonnes in Q2 2020 and that 191 million tonnes were exported to China? This and a whole lot more can be found in the Steel Data Room’s featured dataset, “Met Coal and Iron Ore Consumption, Trade, and Prices” […]

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World crude steel production up 4.8% on January 2020 to 162.9Mt

February 26, 2021

Worldsteel published January 2021 world crude steel production yesterday. World steel output was 162.9 million metric tonnes, 4.8% higher than in January 2020. China produced 90.2 million tonnes in January, accounting for 55% of world output and rising 6.8% on January 2020. In other parts of Asia, Indian output rose 7.6% on last January and […]

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First River Steel Data Room Dataset of the Week: OECD Steelmaking Capacity, Million metric tonnes

February 8, 2021

A great source of the latest global steelmaking capacity figures from the OECD is the Steel Data Room dataset “OECD Global Crude Steel Capacity by Country”. This dataset has OECD figures on capacity by world, region, and country, automatically updated with the newest published figures which are revised every six months. In the Steel Data […]

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China crude steel production up 8% on December 2019 and 5% on full-year 2019

January 27, 2021

Worldsteel reported crude steel production in China at 91.3 million tonnes in December, 8% higher than in December 2019. Chinese crude steel output in 2020 was 5% higher than in 2019 at 1,053 million tonnes. Data from China’s General Administration of Customs show net finished steel exports in December at 3.5 million tonnes, 9% higher […]

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World crude steel production up 5.8% on December 2019, down 0.9% on full-year 2019

January 26, 2021

Worldsteel published December 2020 and full-year 2020 world crude steel production today. World steel output was 160.9 million metric tonnes in December, 5.8% higher than in December 2019. Full-year 2020 steel production was 1,829.1 million tonnes, 0.9% lower than in full-year 2019. China produced 1,053.0 million tonnes of crude steel in 2020, accounting for 58% […]

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China crude steel production up 8% and net exports down 28% on November 2019

December 23, 2020

Worldsteel reported crude steel production in China at 87.7 million metric tonnes in November, 8% higher than in November 2019. Chinese production in the first eleven months of 2020 was 6% 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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