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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 October 2011

November 25, 2011

worldsteel published October 2011′s world crude steel production last Monday. Monthly production increased by 0.9% but average daily production declined by 2.4% due to the longer month. October production increased significantly in South Korea (608k tonnes), Japan (591KT), Russia (499KT), and India (200KT), but the rise in these and a few other countries was counteracted [...]

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US flat products imports drop 11% in September

October 13, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports declined 11% from 637,000 short tons in August (preliminary census data), to 564,000 tons in September. Flat products imports in September 2010 were only 1,000 tons different from 2011 at 563,000 tons while September 2009 imports were 434,000 tons and September 2008 imports were 816,000 tons. [...]

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World crude steel production published for August 2011

September 21, 2011

worldsteel published August 2011′s world crude steel production on Tuesday. Monthly production and average daily production both declined by 2.3% between July and August. Countries where production fell most included Italy, down 1,215K metric tonnes, China, down 550K tonnes, and France, down 440K tonnes. However, production increased in Spain, Russia, and the United States each [...]

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US flat products imports drop 20% in August

September 16, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports declined 20% from 830,000 short tons in July to 667,000 tons in August. In comparison, flat products imports in August 2010 were 468,000 tons and in August 2009 they were 353,000 tons. The decline was driven by a 129,000 ton drop in hot roll imports which [...]

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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 flat products imports up 24% in April

May 12, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 24% from 621,000 short tons in March to 768,000 tons in April. In comparison, April 2010 flats imports were 558,000 tons and April 2009 were 433,000 tons. Hot rolled imports were up by 116,000 tons or 39% due to rising imports from countries including Korea, [...]

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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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