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February world crude steel production 143Mt, 2.8% higher than February 2019

March 23, 2020

Worldsteel published February world crude steel production today. World steel output was 143.3 million metric tonnes, 2.8% higher than in February 2019. China accounted for 52% of world output in February with production of 74.8 million tonnes, 5.0% higher than in February 2019. Asian output outside of China rose 3.1%, with a significant 24.4% rise […]

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January world crude steel production 154Mt, 2.1% higher than January 2019

February 27, 2020

Worldsteel published January’s world crude steel production on Tuesday. World steel output was 154.4 million metric tonnes, 2.1% higher than in January 2019. China accounted for 55% of world output in January with production of 84.3 million tonnes, 7.2% higher than in January 2019. Asian output outside of China fell 4.2% following declines in South […]

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US long products imports drop 25% on January 2019

February 19, 2020

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 25% from 367,000 short tons in January 2019 to 276,000 tons in January 2020. The decline was mainly due to lower wire rod imports from Germany, Brazil, Egypt and Greece. Compared to December 2019 imports of 154,000 tons, January 2020 import licenses rose 79% to […]

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US flat products imports down 29% on January 2019

February 6, 2020

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 29% from 839,000 short tons in January 2019 to 598,000 tons in January 2020. The decline was mainly due to lower hot rolled imports from South Korea, Mexico, and Germany. Imports of all flat products categories fell year-on-year. Comparing December 2019 to January 2020, flat […]

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2019 world crude steel production 1,870M tonnes, 3.4% higher than in 2018

January 28, 2020

Worldsteel published December and full-year 2019 world crude steel production yesterday. World crude steel production was 152 million metric tonnes in December, 4.0% higher than in December 2018. Full-year 2019 production was 1,870 million tonnes, 3.4% higher than in 2018. Chinese crude steel production accounted for 55% of full-year 2019 world output. China’s production increased […]

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US long products imports down 27% on November 2018

December 19, 2019

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 27% year-on-year from 247,000 short tons in November 2018 to 180,000 tons in November this year. The decline was mainly due to lower wire rod imports from Germany, South Korea, Canada and Greece. Based on January to October imports and November import licenses, long products […]

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