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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 flat products imports rise 34% in April

May 14, 2012

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 34% from 660,000 short tons in March to 887,000 tons in April. This is the highest level of flat products imports since we started collecting data in September 2008. The climb was driven by a 75% or 207,000-ton rise in hot rolled imports, with significant […]

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World apparent steel use revised downward in April 2012 Short Range Outlook

May 8, 2012

worldsteel‘s forecast for growth in world apparent steel use in 2012 was revised downward from 5.4% in October 2011’s Short Range Outlook to 3.6% in April 2012’s Short Range Outlook published recently. Driving the change in the forecast is worldsteel’s estimate that China’s steel use will grow by 4.0% in 2012 instead of by 6%. […]

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US long products imports rise 25% in March

April 23, 2012

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 25% from 313,000 short tons in February to 385,000 tons in March. In comparison, long products imports in February in 2011 were 196,000 tons, in 2010 206,000 tons, in 2009 115,000 tons, and in 2008 330,000 tons. The overall climb was driven by a 54,000-ton […]

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US flat products imports decline 8% in March

April 15, 2012

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 8% from 720,000 short tons in February to 663,000 tons in March. In comparison, March flat products imports in 2011 were 621,000 tons and in 2010 they were 640,000 tons. Hot rolled imports fell by 64,000 tons, mainly due to lower imports from Korea and […]

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World crude steel production down 2.5% in February

March 22, 2012

worldsteel published February 2012’s world crude steel production on Tuesday. For the 59 countries reporting to worldsteel, production dropped by 2.5% between January and February to 119 million metric tonnes. In comparison, February 2011 world crude steel production for these countries was 117 million tonnes. Crude steel production in China dropped by 850,000 tonnes in […]

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US long products imports fall 8% in February

March 20, 2012

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports declined 8% from 295,000 short tons in January to 273,000 tons in February. In comparison, February long products imports in 2011 were 196,000 tons and in 2010 they were 206,000 tons. After a strong rise in January, rebar imports dropped by 43,000 tons mainly due to […]

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