March 20, 2017
Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 19% from 454,000 short tons in January to 366,000 tons in February. Long products imports in February 2016 were 431,000 tons and in February 2015 they were 446,000 tons. The drop between January and February was mainly due to lower rebar imports from Turkey, though […]
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February 24, 2017
Worldsteel published January’s world crude steel production on February 21st. World crude steel output was 136.5M metric tonnes, 7.0% higher than in January 2016. China accounted for 49% of world output in January with production of 67.2 million tonnes, up 7.4% compared to January 2016. Asian crude production outside of China increased by 6.1% driven […]
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