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US flat products imports rise 96% on October 2020 to 1,006kt

November 10, 2021

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 96% from 513,000 short tons in October, 2020 to 1,006,000 tons in October, 2021. The increase was mainly due to higher hot rolled imports from Turkey, Canada and Mexico. Imports of all other flat products categories rose on October, 2020, with cut plate up 141%, […]

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Steel Data Room: Share of crude steel production through BOF route 90% in China, 30% in the US

November 9, 2021

If you are following the current debate about steelmaking carbon emissions, you might want to remind yourselves about who’s producing steel through the BOF route and who’s producing it through the EAF route. The Steel Data Room’s dataset “World Steel Association Steel Statistical Yearbook” makes that easy. Let’s look at the world’s top five steelmaking […]

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World crude steel production drops 8.9% on September 2020 to 144Mt

October 26, 2021

Worldsteel published September 2021 world crude steel production today. World crude steel output was 144.4 million metric tonnes, 8.9% lower than in September 2020. China produced 73.8 million tonnes in September, accounting for 51% of world output and falling 21.2% on September, 2020. In other parts of Asia, Indian steel production rose 7.2% on last […]

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US long products imports up 122% on September 2020 to 369kt

October 19, 2021

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 122% from 167,000 short tons in September, 2020 to 369,000 tons in September, 2021.  Licenses indicate the increase was mainly due to higher rebar imports from Algeria, Turkey and Mexico.  Wire rod imports also rose significantly year-on-year from a number of countries including Egypt and […]

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Worldsteel forecasts 4.5% rise in world steel demand in 2021 and further 2.2% increase in 2022 to 1.9Bt

October 14, 2021

In its latest Short Range Outlook (SRO), published today, Worldsteel forecasts world steel demand to grow by 4.5% in 2021 to 1.855 billion metric tonnes. Worldsteel expects steel demand in China to decline by 1% in 2021, a 4.0% revision downward since April’s SRO, while it expects demand outside China to grow by 11.5%, a […]

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US flat products imports up 67% on September 2020 to 850kt

October 11, 2021

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 67% from 509,000 short tons in September, 2020 to 850,000 tons in September, 2021. The increase was mainly due to higher hot rolled imports from Canada, Turkey, Mexico, and the Netherlands. Imports of all other flat product categories rose on September, 2020, with cut plate […]

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