April 26, 2013
Worldsteel published March’s global crude steel production on April 22nd. World crude steel production was 134.9 million metric tonnes, 1.7% higher than in March 2012 and the highest monthly output ever reported. (N.B. On a daily basis output was 4.35MT slightly off the February 2013 record of 4.4MT). Compared to March 2012, Chinese production increased […]
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April 19, 2013
After a downward revision in October 2012, worldsteel made a further revision downward for world apparent steel use in 2013. The revision this time was from 3.2% growth in October’s Short Range Outlook to 2.9% growth in the latest April 2013 version published last week. World apparent steel use is, however, expected to grow the […]
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