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January 2016 world crude steel production 127.7M tonnes

February 24, 2016

Worldsteel published January’s world crude steel production on February 23rd. World crude steel production was 127.7 million metric tonnes, 7.1% lower than in January 2015. China accounted for 49% of world production in January with an output of 63.2M tonnes, down 7.8% compared to January 2015. Significant production declines compared to January 2015 in the […]

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US long products imports rise 27% in December

January 20, 2016

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports increased 27% from 335,000 short tons in November to 424,000 tons in December. Long products imports in December 2014 were 353,000 tons and in December 2013 they were 280,000 tons. The increase in longs imports between November and December 2015 was driven mainly by higher wire […]

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US flat products imports climb 12% in December

January 7, 2016

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products import rose 12% from 843,000 short tons in November to 947,000 tons in December. Flat products imports in December 2014 were 1,333,000 tons and in December 2013 they were 738,000 tons. Imports of flat products for the full year 2015 were 7% lower than in 2014, driven […]

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US long products imports fall 29% in November

December 21, 2015

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 29% from 531,000 short tons in October to 375,000 tons in November. Long products imports in November 2014 were 373,000 tons and in November 2013 they were 304,000 tons. Longs imports for the first 11 months of 2015 were 9% higher than in the same […]

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US flat products imports fall 1% in November

December 9, 2015

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell by 1% from 930,000 short tons in October to 922,000 tons in November. Flat products imports in November 2014 were 1,329,000 tons and in November 2013 they were 676,000 tons. Imports of flat products from January to November 2015 were 4% lower than in the […]

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October world crude steel production 133.6M tonnes

November 23, 2015

Worldsteel published October’s world crude steel production on November 20th. World crude steel production was 133.6 million metric tonnes, 3.1% lower than in October 2014. World output for the first ten months of 2015 was 2.5% lower than in the same period last year. China accounted for 49% of world production in October with output […]

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