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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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US long products imports rise 45% in March

April 19, 2015

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports climbed 45% from 446,000 short tons in February to 648,000 tons in March. Long products imports in March 2014 were 410,000 tons and in March 2013 they were 310,000 tons. Long products imports for the first quarter of 2015 were 30% higher than in the same […]

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US flat products imports rise 2% in March

April 13, 2015

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 2% from 1,254,000 short tons in February to 1,281,000 tons in March. Flat products imports in March 2014 were 1,001,000 tons and in March 2013 they were 652,000 tons. Based on March licenses and February and January actuals, flats imports for the first quarter of […]

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China crude steel production 65.0M tonnes in February

March 24, 2015

Worldsteel reported Chinese crude steel production at 65.0 million metric tonnes in February, 3.4% higher than the revised figure for February 2014 and 9.9% higher on an average daily basis compared to January 2015. Chinese crude output for the first two months of 2015 were 0.8% lower than in the same period last year. China’s […]

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February world crude steel production 127.6M tonnes

March 20, 2015

Worldsteel published February’s world crude steel production on February 20th. World crude steel production was 127.6 million metric tonnes, 0.6% higher than in February 2014 and on the basis of average daily production during the month, 5.6% higher than in January 2015. China accounted for 51% of world crude steel production in February with output […]

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US long products imports rise 19% in February

March 19, 2015

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 19% from 407,000 short tons in January to 485,000 tons in February. Long products imports in February 2014 were 298,000 tons and in February 2013 they were 256,000 tons. Long products imports for the first two months of 2015 were 20% higher than in the […]

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US flat products imports drop 16% in February

March 12, 2015

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 16% from 1,499,000 short tons in January to 1,252,000 tons in February. Flat products imports in February 2014 were 982,000 tons and in February 2013 they were 674,000 tons. The January and February flat products imports total so far this year is 45% higher than […]

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