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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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US long products imports drop 20% in November

December 19, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 20% from 149,000 short tons in October to 120,000 tons in November, bringing longs imports back to levels of mid-2009. November imports in 2010 were 189,000 tons, in 2009 99,000 tons, in 2008 173,000 tons, and in 2007 235,000 tons. A fall in wire rod [...]

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US flat products imports fall 13% in November

December 12, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 13% from 703,000 short tons in October to 614,000 tons in November. This can be compared to November flat products imports of 513,000 tons in 2010, 423,000 tons in 2009, and 641,000 tons in 2008. Imports of all flat products categories declined, but hot roll [...]

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US long products imports rise 6% in October

November 20, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 6% from 146,000 short tons in September to 155,000 tons in October. October long products imports in 2010 were 179,000 tons, in 2009 210,000 tons, in 2008 211,000 tons and in 2007 238,000 tons. An 8,000-ton rise in wire rod imports drove the overall increase, [...]

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World apparent steel use revised upward in wsa’s Short Range Outlook

October 26, 2011

worldsteel‘s forecast for growth in world apparent steel use in 2011 was revised upward from 5.9% in April’s Short Range Outlook to 6.5% in October’s Short Range Outlook published recently. worldsteel expects world apparent steel use to reach 1,398 million metric tonnes in 2011 (instead of April’s forecast of 1,359 m tonnes) and 1,473 m [...]

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World crude steel production published for September 2011

October 21, 2011

worldsteel published September 2011′s world crude steel production today. Average daily production increased by 2.8% though monthly production was down 0.5% due to the short month. Countries where production declined the most in September included China with a 2.05 million metric tonne drop, the Ukraine (down 0.3 million tonnes), and the US (down 0.25 million [...]

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