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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 output 2009 full year – down 8%

January 22, 2010

Worldsteel just published the data for crude steel production for December 2009 and in doing so the total for the year. You can see their press release here and the data for 2009 and back to 2006 by month and country in the Nerds spreadsheet below.
December crude steel production was just about flat with November [...]

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World crude steel production down 5% in November

January 5, 2010

Late in posting this data, so apologies. worldsteel data for November 2009 crude steel production was released just prior to the holidays on December 21st. World crude steel output in November 2009 was down about 5% month on month. But November 2009 was up about 22% over November 2008. All in all the recovery in [...]

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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 by [...]

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World crude steel output in September continues to recover

October 26, 2009

The world’s production of crude steel continued to recover in September 2009 according to the latest output data from worldsteel. It was a modest improvement from August to be sure of a little more than 250KT, but it continued a recovery that has lasted all year.
The world’s record monthly crude steel output was in [...]

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World crude steel production rises 2.5% in August

September 21, 2009

The recent divergent trends in regional steel production continue according to the latest crude steel production figures from worldsteel published today. Overall global crude steel production rose about 2.5% in August over the prior month. But year-to-date output versus 2008 is down 18%.
The experience of different regions or economic groups is significantly different. China [...]

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World crude steel production rises 4% in July

August 26, 2009

Sorry for the delay in posting worldsteel figures for crude steel production by country in July, but here they are. Overall steel production was up 4% in July, led by a record-breaking performance in China. Global production is down year to date by about 20% versus last year, but down only 11% July 2009 compared [...]

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World crude steel production up 4% in June

July 20, 2009

The World Steel Association’s crude steel production report published today shows a 4% rise for June over May. Global production is running 21% lower year to date versus 2008, but that varies significantly by region. The developed world is down 45%. The non-China developing world is down 23%. China, by contrast, is up 2%. China [...]

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