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World crude steel production published for November 2011

December 23, 2011

worldsteel published November 2011′s world crude steel production last Monday. Average daily production dropped 3% but monthly production declined by 6% (due to the short November month) to 115.5 million metric tonnes. The 4.8 million-tonne fall in production in China (about 9%) drove the overall decline, but production also declined by over 200,000 tonnes in [...]

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US flat products imports drop 5% in May

June 11, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports declined 5% from 690,000 short tons in April to 656,000 tons in May. In comparison, May 2010 flat products imports were 639,000 tons and May 2009 imports were 350,000 tons. The drop was driven by lower hot dip galvanized and cold rolled imports. Hot dip imports [...]

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World crude steel production for April 2011

May 24, 2011

worldsteelpublished April 2011′s crude steel production last Friday. Monthly world crude steel production declined 2.2% between March and April but daily crude production increased 1.1% due to the short April month. Countries with significant production declines included Austria and Slovakia which both dropped by over 10%, as well as Japan which fell by 8%. Poland [...]

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Q1 global crude steel production up 9% on 2010

April 27, 2011

worldsteel published March 2011′s crude steel production data last Wednesday. First quarter crude production increased 9% between 2010 and 2011 and the production fall in February 2011 was reversed to rise 9.5% reaching crude production of 129 million tonnes in March. While China’s production climbed back to close to January levels in March, a number [...]

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US long products imports rise by almost 30%

April 19, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US long product imports rose 29% from 196,000 short tons in February to 254,000 tons in March. In comparison, March 2010 imports were 232,000 tons, March 2009 168,000 tons, and March 2008 314,000 tons. Imports of all long product categories rose except rebar, which dropped by 14,000 tons. The biggest [...]

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US long products imports fall 10% in February

March 18, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports declined 10% from 221,000 short tons in January to 198,000 tons in February. In comparison, February 2010 long products imports were 206,000 tons, February 2009 imports were 115,000 tons, and February 2008 imports were 331,000 tons. The decline was driven by lower imports of all products [...]

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US flat products imports down 13% in February

March 11, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 13% from 534,000 short tons in January to 463,000 tons in February. In comparison, February 2010 flat imports were 444,000 tons and February 2009 imports were 548,000 tons. The decline was driven by lower hot roll imports, which decreased by 67,000 tons or 23%, due [...]

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US flat products imports fall 4% in January

February 12, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 4% from 547,000 short tons in December to 527,000 tons in January. This can be compared to imports of 405,000 tons in December 2009 and 474,000 tons in December 2008. Imports of all product categories fell except for hot dip galvanized which increased by 16,000 [...]

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