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August world crude steel production rises 3.4% to 156M tonnes

September 27, 2019

Worldsteel published August world crude steel production yesterday. World crude steel output was 156.0 million metric tonnes, 3.4% higher than in August 2018. China accounted for 56% of world production in August with output of 87.3 million tonnes, 9.3% higher than in August 2018. Asian production outside of China fell 2.3% due to declines in […]

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US flat steel products imports fall 5% in August

September 11, 2019

Based on reported import licenses, US flat steel products imports fell 5.4% from 666,000 short tons in July to 630,000 tons in August. The decline was mainly due to lower cut plate imports from South Korea though imports of all flat products categories declined. Based on January to July imports and August import licenses, flat […]

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July world crude steel production rises 1.7% to 157M tonnes

August 27, 2019

Worldsteel published July world crude steel production today. World crude steel output was 156.7 million metric tonnes, 1.7% higher than in July 2018. China accounted for 54% of world production in July with output of 85.2 million tonnes, 5.0% higher than in July 2018. Asian production outside of China rose 0.8%, with increases in Vietnam […]

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June world crude steel production rises 4.6% to 159.0Mt

July 26, 2019

Worldsteel published June world crude steel production today. World crude steel output was 159.0 million metric tonnes, 4.6% higher than in June 2018. China accounted for 55% of world production in June with output of 87.5 million tonnes, 10.0% higher than in June 2018. Asian production outside of China was flat (-0.01%), with an increase […]

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US flat steel products imports fall 19% in May

June 10, 2019

Based on reported import licenses, US flat steel products imports fell 19.0% from 749,000 short tons in April to 607,000 tons in May. Import licenses indicate imports dropping for all product categories in May, but the highest volume decline comes from hot roll imports due to lower licenses from South Korea, Japan, and Canada. Based […]

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US flat steel products imports rise 8% in March and 4% in April

May 8, 2019

Based on reported import licenses, US flat steel products imports rose 8% from 622,000 short tons in February to 671,000 tons in March. Compared to March import licenses, April licenses rose 4% to 696,000 tons, mainly due to higher hot roll licenses from Japan and higher cut plate licenses from South Korea. Based on January/February […]

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