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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 drop 20% in August

September 16, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports declined 20% from 830,000 short tons in July to 667,000 tons in August. In comparison, flat products imports in August 2010 were 468,000 tons and in August 2009 they were 353,000 tons. The decline was driven by a 129,000 ton drop in hot roll imports which […]

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World crude steel production published for July

August 24, 2011

worldsteel published July 2011’s world crude steel production on Monday. Monthly production declined by 0.7% between June and July and daily production declined by 3.9%. Countries which contributed to the monthly decline included China, down 632,000 tonnes over June, Spain, down 523,000 tonnes, and Germany, down 214,000 tonnes. In contrast, production grew significantly in Japan, […]

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US long products imports drop 31% in July

August 18, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports declined 31% from 267,000 short tons in June to 184,000 tons in July. This can be compared to July long products imports of 232,000 tons in 2010, 104,000 tons in 2009, 270,000 tons in 2008, and 563,000 tons in 2007. The drop was driven by lower […]

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US flat products imports rise 13% in July

August 10, 2011

Based on reported import licenses and in comparison to preliminary June census data, US flat products imports increased 13% from 706,000 short tons in June to 798,000 tons in July. This can be compared to flat products imports of 600,000 tons in July 2010 and 291,000 tons in July 2009. The rise was driven by […]

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US long products imports increase 10% in June

July 20, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 10% from 252,000 short tons in May to 278,000 tons in June. In comparison, June 2010 long products imports were 220,000 tons, June 2009 were 105,000 tons, June 2008 were 269,000 tons, and June 2007 were 496,000 tons. Parallel flange sections imports increased by about […]

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World crude steel production published for May

June 29, 2011

worldsteel published May 2011’s world crude steel production last Monday. Monthly production increased 2.9% between April and May, though daily average crude production was down 0.4% on April. Countries contributing to the monthly increase included China, which increased 1,213,000 tonnes over April, Japan, which increased 614,000 tonnes, Germany, which increased 303,000 tonnes, and finally Brazil, […]

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