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August world crude steel production 135M tonnes

September 29, 2014

Worldsteel published August’s global crude steel production on September 22nd. World crude steel production was 135.0 million metric tonnes, 3% higher than in August 2013. Production for the months of January to August 2014 were 4% higher than in the same period last year. China accounted for 51% of world crude production in August with […]

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US flat products imports fall 19% in August

September 11, 2014

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports dropped 19% from 1,359,000 short tons in July to 1,101,000 tons in August. Flat products imports in August 2013 were 767,000 tons and in August 2012 they were 695,000 tons. Year-to-August flat products imports were 60% higher than in the same period last year, with cold […]

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July world crude steel production 137M tonnes

September 2, 2014

Worldsteel published July’s global crude steel production on August 20th. World crude steel production was 136.8 million metric tonnes, 3% higher than in July 2013. Production for the months of January to July 2014 was also 3% higher than in the same period last year. In July, China accounted for 50% of world production with […]

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US long products imports fall 20% in July

August 23, 2014

Based on reported import licenses and as predicted in last month’s post, US long products imports dropped 20% from 381,000 short tons in June to 306,000 tons in July. July 2014 imports were 4% lower than in July 2013, and in addition, January-to-July 2014 imports were 19% higher than in the same period last year. […]

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June world crude steel production 137M tonnes

July 28, 2014

Worldsteel published June’s global crude steel production on July 22nd. World crude steel production was 136.5 million metric tonnes, 4% higher than in July 2013. Production in the first half of 2014 was 3% higher than in the same period last year. In June, China accounted for 51% of world production with output of 69.3 […]

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US flat products imports rise 8% in June

July 10, 2014

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 8% from 1,087,000 short tons in May to 1,176,000 tons in June. Flat products imports in June 2013 were 607,000 tons and in June 2012 they were 708,000 tons. January-to-June flats imports were 57% higher than in the same period last year. Cold rolled, cut […]

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