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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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