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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 long products imports rise 4% in May

June 21, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 4% from 241,000 short tons in April to 251,000 tons in May. In comparison, May 2010 longs imports were 236,000 tons, May 2009 were 98,000 tons, May 2008 were 242,000 tons, and May 2007 were 591,000 tons. The small rise masks some significant changes in […]

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US flat products imports drop 5% in May

June 11, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports declined 5% from 690,000 short tons in April to 656,000 tons in May. In comparison, May 2010 flat products imports were 639,000 tons and May 2009 imports were 350,000 tons. The drop was driven by lower hot dip galvanized and cold rolled imports. Hot dip imports […]

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World crude steel production for April 2011

May 24, 2011

worldsteelpublished April 2011’s crude steel production last Friday. Monthly world crude steel production declined 2.2% between March and April but daily crude production increased 1.1% due to the short April month. Countries with significant production declines included Austria and Slovakia which both dropped by over 10%, as well as Japan which fell by 8%. Poland […]

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US long products imports remain flat in April

May 18, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US long product imports declined just 1% from 239,000 short tons in March to 238,000 tons in April. In comparison, April 2010 imports were 273,000 tons, April 2009 were 97,000, April 2008 were 440,000 tons, and April 2007 were 309,000 tons. Rebar imports rose by 25,000 tons due mainly to […]

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US flat products imports up 24% in April

May 12, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 24% from 621,000 short tons in March to 768,000 tons in April. In comparison, April 2010 flats imports were 558,000 tons and April 2009 were 433,000 tons. Hot rolled imports were up by 116,000 tons or 39% due to rising imports from countries including Korea, […]

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Q1 global crude steel production up 9% on 2010

April 27, 2011

worldsteel published March 2011’s crude steel production data last Wednesday. First quarter crude production increased 9% between 2010 and 2011 and the production fall in February 2011 was reversed to rise 9.5% reaching crude production of 129 million tonnes in March. While China’s production climbed back to close to January levels in March, a number […]

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