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World crude steel production down 2.5% in February

March 22, 2012

worldsteel published February 2012’s world crude steel production on Tuesday. For the 59 countries reporting to worldsteel, production dropped by 2.5% between January and February to 119 million metric tonnes. In comparison, February 2011 world crude steel production for these countries was 117 million tonnes. Crude steel production in China dropped by 850,000 tonnes in […]

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US flat products imports increase 31% in January

February 26, 2012

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 31% from 542,000 short tons in December to 708,000 tons in January. In comparison, January flat products imports in 2011 were 534,000 tons. Cut plate, hot rolled and and cold rolled imports each rose by just over 50,000 tons while hot dip galvanized imports rose […]

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US flat products imports fall 12% in December

January 15, 2012

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 12% from 614,000 short tons in November to 539,000 tons in December. In comparison, December flat products imports in 2010 were 547,000 tons, in 2009 they were 405,000 tons, and in 2008 474,000 tons. Like in November, imports of all flat products categories declined. However, […]

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World crude steel production published for October 2011

November 25, 2011

worldsteel published October 2011’s world crude steel production last Monday. Monthly production increased by 0.9% but average daily production declined by 2.4% due to the longer month. October production increased significantly in South Korea (608k tonnes), Japan (591KT), Russia (499KT), and India (200KT), but the rise in these and a few other countries was counteracted […]

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US flat products imports drop 11% in September

October 13, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports declined 11% from 637,000 short tons in August (preliminary census data), to 564,000 tons in September. Flat products imports in September 2010 were only 1,000 tons different from 2011 at 563,000 tons while September 2009 imports were 434,000 tons and September 2008 imports were 816,000 tons. […]

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World crude steel production published for August 2011

September 21, 2011

worldsteel published August 2011’s world crude steel production on Tuesday. Monthly production and average daily production both declined by 2.3% between July and August. Countries where production fell most included Italy, down 1,215K metric tonnes, China, down 550K tonnes, and France, down 440K tonnes. However, production increased in Spain, Russia, and the United States each […]

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