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World crude steel production 134.9 million tonnes in March

April 26, 2013

Worldsteel published March’s global crude steel production on April 22nd. World crude steel production was 134.9 million metric tonnes, 1.7% higher than in March 2012 and the highest monthly output ever reported. (N.B. On a daily basis output was 4.35MT slightly off the February 2013 record of 4.4MT). Compared to March 2012, Chinese production increased […]

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World crude steel production 123.3 million tonnes in February

March 22, 2013

Worldsteel published February’s global crude steel production on March 20th. World crude steel production was 123.3 million metric tonnes in February, 1.8% higher than in February 2012. Compared to February 2012, Chinese production increased by 11% and Indian production by 3%. However, other Asian countries showed significantly lower production year-on-year with Japan down 3%, South […]

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US flat products imports up 1% in February

March 11, 2013

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports increased 1% from 666,000 short tons in January to 673,000 tons in February. February flat products imports in 2012 were 720,000 tons, in 2011 440,000 tons, in 2010 444,000 tons, and in 2009 548,000 tons. Cut plate imports in February almost doubled due to higher imports […]

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US long products imports climb 86% in January

February 26, 2013

Based on reported import licenses and as predicted in my earlier post, US long products imports rose 86% from 162,000 short tons in December to 300,000 tons in January. In comparison, January long products imports in 2012 were 295,000 tons, in 2011 221,000 tons, in 2010 166,000 tons, in 2009 264,000 tons, and finally in […]

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US flat products imports fall 6% in January

February 12, 2013

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports declined 6% from 721,000 short tons in December to 681,000 tons in January. January flat products imports were 705,000 tons in 2012, 534,000 tons in 2011, 440,000 in 2010, and 532,000 tons in 2009. Hot roll imports declined by 23%, which drove the overall fall and […]

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US flat products imports fall 7% in December

January 13, 2013

Based on reported import licenses, US flat product imports declined 7% from 745,000 short tons in November to 690,000 tons in December. December flat products imports were 542,000 tons in 2011, 547,000 tons in 2010, 405,000 tons in 2009, and 474,000 tons in 2008. Imports of all product categories except hot roll declined. Hot dip […]

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