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World crude steel output 2009 full year – down 8%

January 22, 2010

Worldsteel just published the data for crude steel production for December 2009 and in doing so the total for the year. You can see their press release here and the data for 2009 and back to 2006 by month and country in the Nerds spreadsheet below.
December crude steel production was just about flat with November [...]

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Could the steel industry recession be over?

July 1, 2009

Well it might be – technically. Plenty of people seem to want to say it is in the broader economy. On June 10th the UK’s Guardian newspaper reported the UK recession as being over. Then a week later Liz Sonders, Chief Investment Strategist at Charles Schwab said the US recession is over.
There have been enough [...]

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China results for May: crude production up 7% and apparent consumption highest ever

June 16, 2009

Chinese crude steel production climbed 7% from 43.4 million metric tonnes in April to 46.5 million tonnes in May. Net finished steel exports remained negative as finished exports declined from 1.41 million tonnes to 1.35 million tonnes and finished imports grew from 1.62 million tonnes to 1.65 million tonnes.
As a result, apparent [...]

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China results for April: crude production down 4% and finished steel exports down 16%

May 15, 2009

Chinese crude steel production dropped 4% from 45.1 million metric tonnes in March to 43.4 million tonnes in April.
Finished steel exports continued their decline from 1.67 million tonnes in March to 1.41 million tonnes in April, a 16% drop. Finished steel imports rose to 1.62 million tonnes, resulting in net finished imports [...]

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Canada steel shipments 2007

February 1, 2008

Statistics Canada has just released the November 2007 monthly steel shipment report. Shipments of steel mill products by Canadian mills were just shy of 13.7 million metric tonnes through November. This is very similar to 2006, when shipments through November were slightly above 13.7 million metric tonnes.
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DJ Joseph Scrap Recap

January 7, 2008

DJ Joseph puts together a handy summary every month of various data related to ferrous scrap and steel. You can find it on the company’s website under the menu “Industry” and option Scrap Recap. They have monthly data going back to 1997.

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SIMA licenses vs. actuals April-Sept, SIMA forecasts Oct

November 22, 2007

License data for the month listed is collected as of the date listed after each month (about 2 weeks after month-end)
 
 

Licenses vs. Actuals

April (5/15)

May (6/12)

Licenses
Actuals
Licenses
Actuals

Rebar
         109,419
         118,021
         236,809
         240,524

Wire Rod
         130,411
           86,792
         177,187
         212,986

MBQ
           18,959
           18,663
           20,172
           21,936

Lt Shps
           18,541
           16,213
           [...]

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Nucor information files

October 18, 2007

If you want to go to look for some of Nucor’s information files yourself you can go to this page. Some of the more useful files are available right here:
The Q4 2006 Investor Presentation describing the company at that point: Q4_2006 Investor Presentation.ppt
Tons & sales data 1998 through Q3 2007: Sales, Earnings, Tons data
Tons [...]

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