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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 +5.6% on December 2023, -0.9% on full-year 2023

January 27, 2025

Worldsteel published December, 2024 and full-year 2024 world crude steel production last Friday. World crude steel output was 144.5 million metric tonnes in December, 2024, 5.6% higher than in December, 2023. Full-year 2024 crude steel production was 1,839.4 million tonnes, 0.9% lower than in full-year 2023. China produced 1,005 million tonnes of crude steel in […]

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US long products imports +13% on last December but full-year 2024 -4% on 2023

January 22, 2025

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 13% from 231,000 short tons in December, 2023 to 261,000 tons in December, 2024. The increase was mainly due to higher Wire Rod imports from Canada and Japan, higher All Other Structural Shapes imports from China and Luxembourg, and higher Rebar imports from Mexico and […]

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US flat products imports rise 3% on December, 2023, full-year imports up 12% 2023 to 2024

January 8, 2025

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 3% from 694,00 short tons in December, 2023 to 718,000 tons in December, 2024. The increase was mainly due to higher cold rolled imports from Taiwan and Mexico, together with increased hot rolled imports from South Korea, which were both offset by lower cut plate […]

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China crude steel production +2.5% on November, 2023, net exports +19%

December 23, 2024

Worldsteel reported November crude steel production in China at 78.4 million metric tonnes, 2.5% higher than in November, 2023. Chinese production in the first eleven months of 2024 was 3.4% lower than in the same period last year. China’s General Administration of Customs reported net finished steel exports (exports minus imports) in November at 8.8 […]

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World crude steel production up 0.8% on November, 2023, China +2.5%, rest of world -1.1%

December 23, 2024

Worldsteel published November, 2024 world crude steel production today. World crude steel output in November was 146.8 million metric tonnes, 0.8% higher than in November, 2023. China produced 78.4 million tonnes in November, accounting for 53% of world output and rising 2.5% compared to November, 2023. Asia and Oceania output outside of China, which now […]

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US long products imports drop 14% on November, 2023, down 5% on first 11 months of 2023

December 17, 2024

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 14% from 251,000 short tons in November, 2023 to 217,000 tons in November, 2024. The decline was due to lower rebar imports from Algeria, Portugal and Spain, as well as lower wire rod imports from Ukraine. US long products imports in the first eleven months […]

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