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China results for March: crude production up 12% and finished steel exports up 7%

April 22, 2009

Chinese crude steel production rose 12% from 40.4 million metric tonnes in February to 45.1 million tonnes in March. As a result of a 17% increase in finished steel imports to 1.27 million tonnes and a 7% increase in finished steel exports to 1.67 million tonnes, net finished steel exports declined to 0.4 million tonnes. […]

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China results for Feb: crude production down 2%, finished steel exports down 16%

April 6, 2009

After a 10% climb between December and January, crude steel production in China declined 2% to 40.42 million metric tonnes in February.  As a result of a 27% growth in finished steel imports to 1.09 million tonnes and a 16% drop in finished steel exports to 1.56 million tonnes, net finished steel exports reached a low […]

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World Crude Steel Output for February 2009

March 21, 2009

Worldsteel has published crude steel production estimates for 66 countries around the world that report production. The data is shown in the spreadsheet below. There is a minor decline in output from January, but given the likely revisions to the data – up and down – caution should be taken in assuming a continuing downward […]

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China results for Jan: crude production up 10%, exports down 40%

March 13, 2009

Chinese crude steel production grew 10% between December and January to reach 41.5 million metric tonnes. Exports declined to 1.91 million tonnes in January, a full 40% decrease on December, and apparent domestic consumption was 37.8 million tonnes compared to 33.1 million tonnes in December.  

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World crude steel output up 5% in January

February 23, 2009

Worldsteel just published the preliminary world crude steel production figures for January 2009. They show a small 5% increase in output from December data entirely attributable to China – a trend that seems to have been shortlived according to this article in the FT on February 20. For non FT-subscribers the article says: Chinese steel […]

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China results for Nov: crude production down 2%, exports down 36%

January 6, 2009

November crude steel production in China declined 2% to reach 35.19 million metric tonnes while finished steel production remained flat at 42.30 million tonnes.  Finished steel exports dropped 36% from October to 2.95 million tonnes and apparent domestic consumption reached a high of 40.37 million tonnes.  

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