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February world crude steel production 143Mt, 2.8% higher than February 2019

March 23, 2020

Worldsteel published February world crude steel production today. World steel output was 143.3 million metric tonnes, 2.8% higher than in February 2019. China accounted for 52% of world output in February with production of 74.8 million tonnes, 5.0% higher than in February 2019. Asian output outside of China rose 3.1%, with a significant 24.4% rise […]

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US flat products imports fall 12% on February 2019

March 9, 2020

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports dropped 12% from 622,000 short tons in February 2019 to 545,000 tons in February this year. The decline was mainly due to lower cold rolled imports from Australia, Mexico and Vietnam, as well as lower cut plate imports from Ukraine, South Korea and Bulgaria. Based on […]

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January world crude steel production 154Mt, 2.1% higher than January 2019

February 27, 2020

Worldsteel published January’s world crude steel production on Tuesday. World steel output was 154.4 million metric tonnes, 2.1% higher than in January 2019. China accounted for 55% of world output in January with production of 84.3 million tonnes, 7.2% higher than in January 2019. Asian output outside of China fell 4.2% following declines in South […]

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US flat products imports down 29% on January 2019

February 6, 2020

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 29% from 839,000 short tons in January 2019 to 598,000 tons in January 2020. The decline was mainly due to lower hot rolled imports from South Korea, Mexico, and Germany. Imports of all flat products categories fell year-on-year. Comparing December 2019 to January 2020, flat […]

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2019 world crude steel production 1,870M tonnes, 3.4% higher than in 2018

January 28, 2020

Worldsteel published December and full-year 2019 world crude steel production yesterday. World crude steel production was 152 million metric tonnes in December, 4.0% higher than in December 2018. Full-year 2019 production was 1,870 million tonnes, 3.4% higher than in 2018. Chinese crude steel production accounted for 55% of full-year 2019 world output. China’s production increased […]

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US flat products imports -9% on December 2018 and -23% on full-year 2018

January 9, 2020

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 9% from 656,000 short tons in December 2018 to 595,000 tons in December 2019. Lower cold roll imports from Vietnam, hot roll imports from Mexico, and hot dip galvanized imports from Vietnam all contributed to the December-on-December decline. Flat products imports declined 23% from 9,945,000 […]

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