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First River Steel Data Room Dataset of the Week: Japan Production of Iron & Steel

November 30, 2020

Looking to build charts with steel industry data directly from country steel industry associations? Often steel industry associations such as the Japan Iron & Steel Federation publish more detailed data than what’s available through Worldsteel. This week’s highlighted dataset is the perfect example. “Japan Production of Iron & Steel” includes annual, quarterly and monthly steel […]

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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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September world crude steel production 156Mt, +2.9% on September 2019

October 23, 2020

Worldsteel published September 2020 world crude steel production today. World steel output was 156.4 million metric tonnes, 2.9% higher than in September 2019. Crude steel production in the first nine months of 2020 was 3.1% lower than in the same period last year. China accounted for 59% of world output in September. Chinese production was […]

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August world crude steel production 156Mt, +0.6% on August 2019

September 24, 2020

Worldsteel published August world crude steel production today. World steel output was 156.2 million metric tonnes, 0.6% higher than in August 2019. Crude steel production in the first eight months of 2020 was 4.1% lower than in the same period last year. China accounted for 61% of world output in August. Chinese production was 94.8 […]

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US long products imports drop 35% on August 2019

September 21, 2020

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 35% from 268,000 short tons in August 2019 to 174,000 tons in August this year. The decline was mainly due to lower wire rod imports from Japan, India and South Korea, as well as lower parallel flange sections imports from South Korea. Based on January […]

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