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US long products imports rise 29% on March 2020

April 16, 2021

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 29% from 219,000 short tons in March 2020 to 282,000 tons last month. Licenses indicate that the increase was mainly due to higher rebar imports which rose significantly from Algeria, Portugal, and Turkey. US long products imports in the the first 3 months of 2021 […]

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World crude steel production up 4.1% on February 2020 to 150.2Mt

March 24, 2021

Worldsteel published February 2021 world crude steel production yesterday. World steel output was 150.2 million metric tonnes, 4.1% higher than in February 2021. China produced 83 million tonnes in February, accounting for 55% of world output and rising 10.9% on February 2020. In other parts of Asia, Indian production fell 3.1%, Japanese production dropped 5.6%, […]

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US flat products imports rise 17% on February 2020

March 10, 2021

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 17% from 555,000 short tons in February 2020 to 647,000 tons last month. The highest volume increase came from hot roll where import volumes were up from Japan, South Korea, and Turkey. Cold rolled imports also rose significantly due to higher volumes from Australia, the […]

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World crude steel production up 4.8% on January 2020 to 162.9Mt

February 26, 2021

Worldsteel published January 2021 world crude steel production yesterday. World steel output was 162.9 million metric tonnes, 4.8% higher than in January 2020. China produced 90.2 million tonnes in January, accounting for 55% of world output and rising 6.8% on January 2020. In other parts of Asia, Indian output rose 7.6% on last January and […]

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World crude steel production up 5.8% on December 2019, down 0.9% on full-year 2019

January 26, 2021

Worldsteel published December 2020 and full-year 2020 world crude steel production today. World steel output was 160.9 million metric tonnes in December, 5.8% higher than in December 2019. Full-year 2020 steel production was 1,829.1 million tonnes, 0.9% lower than in full-year 2019. China produced 1,053.0 million tonnes of crude steel in 2020, accounting for 58% […]

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November world crude steel production 158.3Mt, +6.6% on November 2019

December 23, 2020

Worldsteel published November 2020 world crude steel production yesterday. World steel output was 158.3 million metric tonnes, 6.6% higher than in November 2019. Crude steel production in the first ten months of 2020 was 1.1% lower than in the same period last year. China accounted for 55% of world output in November. Chinese production was […]

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