February 7, 2013
Worldsteel published December’s global crude steel production on January 22nd. World crude steel production was 121.3 million metric tonnes in December, 3.8% higher than in December 2011 for the 62 countries reporting. Full-year 2012 crude production was 1,510 million tonnes, 1.4% higher than world output in 2011. Asian crude production rose 2.9% between 2011 and […]
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December 14, 2012
Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 2% from 736,000 short tons in October to 723,000 tons in November. November flat product imports in 2011 were 614,000 tons, in 2010 513,000 tons, in 2009 423,000 tons, and in 2008 641,000 tons. While the overall decline was 2%, cut plate imports declined by […]
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