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US flat products imports up 47% on April 2020

May 12, 2021

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 47% from 468,000 short tons in April 2020 to 687,000 tonnes last month. The highest volume increase came from hot roll where volumes rose mainly from Canada, but also from Japan. Hot dip galvanized imports also rose significantly due to higher volumes from Canada and […]

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World crude steel production rises 15% on March 2020

April 23, 2021

Worldsteel published March 2021 crude steel production yesterday. World steel output was 169.2 million metric tonnes, 15% higher than in March 2020. China produced 94 million tonnes in March, accounting for 56% of world output and rising 19% on March 2020. In other parts of Asia, Indian output rose 24%, while Japanese and South Korean […]

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First River Steel Data Room Dataset of the Week: Stainless Meltshop Production

April 19, 2021

Did you know that stainless steel meltshop production worldwide in 2020 was 50.9 million metric tonnes, a 2.5% drop from 2019 levels? Did you know that world stainless meltshop production grew annually by 5% on average between 2001 and 2020?  You can find all this data in this week’s featured dataset, Stainless Meltshop Production. Stainless […]

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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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First River Steel Data Room Dataset of the Week: US Steelmaking Capacity Utilization

April 2, 2021

If you are following the US steel industry, you’ll be interested in this week’s featured dataset, “AISI Capacity Utilization”. This dataset has figures published weekly by the American Iron and Steel Association including raw steelmaking capacity utilization and production. In the graph below showing capacity utilization since 2008, you can see the effects of the […]

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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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