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World crude steel production rises 6.8% in 2011

January 24, 2012

worldsteel published December 2011 and full-year 2011 world crude steel production on Monday. Looking at the monthly results, December production increased 1.5% over November to 117 million metric tonnes, though daily production declined 1.8%. China, the US, Russia and Turkey each showed significantly higher production while France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Japan all showed declines. [...]

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US long products imports rise 56% in December

January 21, 2012

Based on reported import licenses and after a 20% fall in November, US long products imports rose 56% from 116,000 short tons in November to 181,000 tons in December. December imports in 2010 were 171,000 tons, in 2009 166,000 tons, in 2008 178,000 tons, and in 2007 207,000 tons. Rebar and wire rod imports drove [...]

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US flat products imports fall 12% in December

January 15, 2012

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 12% from 614,000 short tons in November to 539,000 tons in December. In comparison, December flat products imports in 2010 were 547,000 tons, in 2009 they were 405,000 tons, and in 2008 474,000 tons. Like in November, imports of all flat products categories declined. However, [...]

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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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World crude steel production published for July

August 24, 2011

worldsteel published July 2011′s world crude steel production on Monday. Monthly production declined by 0.7% between June and July and daily production declined by 3.9%. Countries which contributed to the monthly decline included China, down 632,000 tonnes over June, Spain, down 523,000 tonnes, and Germany, down 214,000 tonnes. In contrast, production grew significantly in Japan, [...]

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US long products imports increase 10% in June

July 20, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 10% from 252,000 short tons in May to 278,000 tons in June. In comparison, June 2010 long products imports were 220,000 tons, June 2009 were 105,000 tons, June 2008 were 269,000 tons, and June 2007 were 496,000 tons. Parallel flange sections imports increased by about [...]

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World crude steel production published for May

June 29, 2011

worldsteel published May 2011′s world crude steel production last Monday. Monthly production increased 2.9% between April and May, though daily average crude production was down 0.4% on April. Countries contributing to the monthly increase included China, which increased 1,213,000 tonnes over April, Japan, which increased 614,000 tonnes, Germany, which increased 303,000 tonnes, and finally Brazil, [...]

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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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