December 18, 2020
Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 35% from 172,000 short tons in November 2019 to 232,000 tons in November this year. Licenses indicate that the increase was mainly due to higher rebar imports from Turkey, Portugal, and Spain. Based on January to October imports and November import licenses, US long products […]
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October 23, 2020
Worldsteel published September 2020 world crude steel production today. World steel output was 156.4 million metric tonnes, 2.9% higher than in September 2019. Crude steel production in the first nine months of 2020 was 3.1% lower than in the same period last year. China accounted for 59% of world output in September. Chinese production was […]
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