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February world crude steel production 137.3M tonnes, 4.1% higher than February 2018

March 27, 2019

Worldsteel published February’s world crude steel production yesterday. World steel output was 137.3 million metric tonnes, 4.1% higher than in February 2018. China accounted for 52% of world output in February with production of 71.0 million tonnes, 9.2% higher than in February 2018. Asian output outside of China rose 6.8%, with significantly higher production in […]

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January world crude steel production 146.7M tonnes, 1.0% higher than January 2018

February 26, 2019

Worldsteel published January’s world crude steel production today. World steel output was 146.7 million metric tonnes, 1.0% higher than in January 2018. China accounted for 51% of world output in January with production of 75.0 million tonnes, 4.3% higher than in January 2018. Asian output outside of China fell 2.9%, mainly due to a 9.8% […]

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US flat steel products imports fall 18% in November

December 10, 2018

Based on reported import licenses, US flat steel products imports fell 18% from 893,000 short tons in October to 733,000 tons in November. While imports of all flat products categories fell, most of the decline was due to lower hot roll imports from South Korea, Canada and Egypt, as well as lower hot dip galvanized […]

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October world crude steel production 156.6M tonnes

November 26, 2018

Worldsteel published October’s world crude steel production on November 23rd. World steel output was 156.6 million metric tonnes, 5.8% higher than in October 2017. Crude steel production in the first ten months of 2018 was 4.7% higher than in the same period last year. China accounted for 53% of world output in October with production […]

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Import licenses signal 6% drop in US long steel products imports in October

November 20, 2018

Based on reported import licenses, US long steel products imports fell 6% from 226,000 short tons in September to 213,000 tons in October. The decline is mainly the result of lower parallel flange sections imports from Luxembourg and lower rebar imports from Turkey. Based on January-to-September imports and October licenses, long products imports in the […]

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October licenses signal 2% rise in US flat steel products imports

November 7, 2018

Based on reported import licenses, US flat steel products imports are expected to rise 2% from 837,000 short tons in September to 856,000 tons in October. This is due to higher expected hot dip galvanized imports from countries including the United Arab Emirates and Turkey, as well as higher cut plate imports from South Korea. […]

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