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Jessica Wagner

My 15 years of steel industry experience includes consulting based in Pittsburgh, working for the former Mannesmann Demag Hüttentechnik in Duisburg, Germany, consulting based in London and now in the Milan area. I concentrate on steel and raw materials research and analysis outside the US.

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CEO Annie Heaton explains ResponsibleSteel’s mine-to-crude-steel standard and certification program for responsibly producing net-zero steel on The Green Steel Challenge

June 4, 2025

Following the podcast episode with the Global Steel Climate Council’s Adina Renee Adler, the Green Steel Challenge‘s newest episode presents an important conversation with Annie Heaton, CEO of Responsible Steel. She explains how the 13 ResponsibleSteel principles of sustainability cover not only carbon emissions, but also other critical environmental and social impacts of steelmaking. The […]

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China crude steel production flat on April 2024, net exports +16%

May 23, 2025

Worldsteel reported crude steel production in China at 86.0 million metric tonnes in April with no change compared to April, 2024. Chinese production in the first four months of 2025 was 1.0% lower than in the same period last year. Data from China’s General Administration of Customs show net finished steel exports (exports minus imports) […]

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World crude steel production -0.3% on April 2024, -0.6% on first four months of 2024

May 22, 2025

Worldsteel published April world crude steel production today. World crude steel output was 155.7 million metric tonnes, 0.3% lower than in April, 2024. China produced 86.0 million tonnes in April, accounting for 55% of world output with no change compared to April, 2024. World crude steel production outside of China rose 0.7% on last April, […]

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Michael Rion from Emirates Steel discusses his company’s decarbonization targets and successes on the newly-released Green Steel Challenge podcast

May 20, 2025

The Green Steel Challenge presents its first podcast about steelmaking decarbonization with a Middle Eastern steelmaker: Emirates Steel. Emirates’ Chief Commercial Officer Michael Rion explains how they were the first steelmaker in the world to adopt carbon capture and how they are investing heavily to scale up hydrogen production following the government’s push to make […]

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US flat products imports down 45% on April 2024, -22% on first four months of 2024

May 14, 2025

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 45% from 830,000 short tons in April, 2024 to 457,000 tons in April, 2025. The decline was mainly due to lower hot rolled imports from Canada and South Korea, as well as lower hot dip galvanized imports from a number of countries including Vietnam, Mexico, […]

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Adina Renee Adler discusses The Global Steel Climate Council’s technology-neutral framework for measuring and verifying green steel in the latest episode of The Green Steel Challenge

May 9, 2025

What exactly is green steel? Which steelmakers actually produce steel using a process that emits little carbon? How can we trust that the reported emissions are real? In the latest Green Steel Challenge podcast, Adina Renee Adler explains how the Global Steel Climate Council (GSCC) is addressing these questions by offering a decarbonized steel standard […]

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