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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 121 million tonnes in December and 1,510 million tonnes in 2012

February 7, 2013

Worldsteel published December’s global crude steel production on January 22nd. World crude steel production was 121.3 million metric tonnes in December, 3.8% higher than in December 2011 for the 62 countries reporting. Full-year 2012 crude production was 1,510 million tonnes, 1.4% higher than world output in 2011. Asian crude production rose 2.9% between 2011 and […]

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US long products imports drop 28% in December

January 19, 2013

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 28% from 223,000 short tons in November to 160,000 tons in December. In comparison, December long products imports in 2011 were 180,000 tons, in 2010 171,000 tons, in 2009 166,000 tons, in 2008 178,000 tons, and finally in 2007 207,000 tons. Rebar imports in December […]

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US flat products imports fall 7% in December

January 13, 2013

Based on reported import licenses, US flat product imports declined 7% from 745,000 short tons in November to 690,000 tons in December. December flat products imports were 542,000 tons in 2011, 547,000 tons in 2010, 405,000 tons in 2009, and 474,000 tons in 2008. Imports of all product categories except hot roll declined. Hot dip […]

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China crude steel production 57.5 million tonnes in November

December 28, 2012

China crude steel production was 57.5 million metric tonnes in November, 15% higher than in the same month last year. Year-to-date Chinese crude production was 651.1 million tonnes, 3% higher than year-to-November 2011 output. Comparing consecutive months, November production was 1.6 million tonnes lower than October production, but due to the shorter November month, average […]

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World Crude Steel Production 121.7 million tonnes in November

December 28, 2012

Worldsteel published November’s global crude steel production on December 20th. World crude steel production was 121.7 million metric tonnes, 5.6% higher than in November 2011 for the 62 countries reporting. Average daily production increased by 0.5% compared to October 2012 but due to the shorter November month, total production declined from 125.1 to 121.7 million […]

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US long products imports fall 4% in November

December 18, 2012

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 4% from 212,000 short tons in October to 203,000 tons in November. In comparison, November long products imports in 2011 were 116,000 tons, in 2010 189,000 tons, in 2009 99,000 tons, and in 2008 173,000 tons. Driving the overall fall was a significant drop in […]

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