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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 by almost 30%

April 19, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US long product imports rose 29% from 196,000 short tons in February to 254,000 tons in March. In comparison, March 2010 imports were 232,000 tons, March 2009 168,000 tons, and March 2008 314,000 tons. Imports of all long product categories rose except rebar, which dropped by 14,000 tons. The biggest […]

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US flat products imports rise 34% in March

April 18, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports increased 34% from 440,000 short tons in February to 589,000 tons in March. This can be compared to 640,000 tons in March 2010 and 488,000 tons in March 2009. Imports of all flat product categories increased. Hot roll imports rose the most by about 67,000 tons, […]

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World crude steel production down in February

April 7, 2011

worldsteel published the February 2011 crude steel production data a couple of weeks ago. World production was down 8% over January but up 8% compared to February 2010. About half of the February decline was due to lower Chinese production. As usual, all the data for February 2011 (and for a number of prior years) […]

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US long products imports fall 10% in February

March 18, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports declined 10% from 221,000 short tons in January to 198,000 tons in February. In comparison, February 2010 long products imports were 206,000 tons, February 2009 imports were 115,000 tons, and February 2008 imports were 331,000 tons. The decline was driven by lower imports of all products […]

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US flat products imports down 13% in February

March 11, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 13% from 534,000 short tons in January to 463,000 tons in February. In comparison, February 2010 flat imports were 444,000 tons and February 2009 imports were 548,000 tons. The decline was driven by lower hot roll imports, which decreased by 67,000 tons or 23%, due […]

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US long products imports climb 24% in January

February 19, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 24% from 171,000 short tons in December to 212,000 tons in January. This can be compared to 166,000 tons in January 2010, 264,000 tons in January 2009, and 385,000 tons in January 2008. The increase was driven by wire rod imports, which rose by almost […]

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