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Record high steel production forecast for 2011, further growth in 2012

February 1, 2011

World steel output, in 2010, is estimated at just over 1.4 billion tonnes. This equates to a rise of over 190 million tonnes (16 %) compared to …

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World crude steel output increases by 15% in 2010

January 21, 2011

World crude steel production reached 1,414 million metric tons (mmt) for the year of 2010. This is an increase of 15% compared to 2009 and is a new record for global crude steel production.

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World crude steel production up again in October

November 19, 2010

worldsteel published the world’s crude steel production data for October today. So here are the data below and here’s a link to the press release. Production was up a little under 5% for the month over September in total and a little under 2% on a daily production rate. Everywhere seemed to show some improvement. [...]

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World steel production shrugs off China slowdown

October 21, 2010

Worldsteel published the September 2010 crude steel production data today. The data show that the monthly total global production of steel for September was about 112M metric tonnes. That’s a slight monthly decline (-1.5%) from August but a slight rise (1.8%) in the daily production rate. China’s production dropped about 7%, but the Rest of [...]

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World steel capacity utilization falls to 73%

September 21, 2010

Worldsteel published the global steel production figures for August today. They confirm the gentle slowing of steel production with output declining marginally by 1% July to August. If production stays flat for the remainder of the year, it could still be a record production year. The thing to watch however, (and only if you’re careful [...]

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World crude steel production down over 3% in July

August 25, 2010

World crude steel production was down a little over 3% in July after similar falls in May and June. I’m afraid we’re only likely to know what this means as the full context of 2010 develops unless someone wants to share what they think it all means now. I’m withholding judgment. It was a general [...]

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World crude steel production rises 25% year on year – January 2010

February 22, 2010

At least that’s the headline from worldsteel which published world crude steel production data for January today. Of course that’s a rise of 25% comparing January 2010 to January 2009. The press release is here and you can mess about with all the data in the Nerds spreadsheet below. The more interesting analysis is likely [...]

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World crude steel production rises 3.1% in October

November 20, 2009

According to data published today by worldsteel, world crude steel production reached 112MT for the first time since August of 2008. The October figure is a 3.1% improvement on September’s output and 13% better than October production last year when the industry was beginning its sharp decline. China’s month-to-month growth of about 2% was exceeded [...]

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