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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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World crude steel production 132 million tonnes in July

August 22, 2013

Worldsteel published July’s global crude steel production on August 20th. World crude steel production was 132.3 million metric tonnes, 2.9% higher than in July 2012 and 1.0% higher than in June 2013. Chinese production increased by 3.8 million tonnes (+6%) between July 2012 and July 2013 to reach 65.5 million tonnes but the month on […]

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US long products imports flat in July

August 18, 2013

Based on reported import licenses (and after last month’s 34% drop), US long products imports were essentially flat, dropping by less than 0.5% to 238,000 short tons between June and July. In comparison, July long products imports were 166,000 tons in 2012, 180,000 tons in 2011, 232,000 tons in 2010, 104,000 tons in 2009, 270,000 […]

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US flat products imports up 5% in July

August 8, 2013

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 5% from 607,000 short tons in June to 636,000 tons in July. July flat products imports in 2012 were 798,000 tons, in 2011 830,000 tons, in 2010 600,000 tons, and in 2009 291,000 tons. The change was due to higher hot rolled imports of almost […]

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China crude production 64.7 million tonnes in June

July 30, 2013

China crude steel production was 64.7 million metric tonnes in June, 7% higher than in June 2012. Year-to-June production was 389.1 million tonnes, 9% higher than year-to-June production in 2012. Comparing consecutive months, June production was 3.5% lower than May production, but due to the shorter month of June, average daily production in June was […]

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World crude steel production 132 million tonnes in June

July 30, 2013

Worldsteel published June’s global crude steel production on July 22nd. World crude steel production was 131.7 million metric tonnes, 3.3% higher than in June 2012 but the same 4.39 million tonnes on average per day as in May 2013. Chinese production increased by 4.4 million tonnes between June 2012 and June 2013, but average daily […]

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US long products imports down 34% in June

July 22, 2013

Based on reported import licenses (and after a 75% increase in May), US long products imports dropped 34% from 340,000 short tons to 222,000 tons in June. In comparison, June long products imports were 216,000 tons in 2012, 267,000 tons in 2011, 220,000 in 2010, 105,000 tons in 2009, 269,000 tons in 2008 and 496,000 […]

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