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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 105% on January, 2021 to 987k short tons

February 9, 2022

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 105% from 481,000 short tons in January, 2021 to 987,000 tons in January, 2022. Hot rolled imports rose by the largest volume, up 101% due mainly to higher volumes from Mexico, Canada, Japan and Turkey. Hot dip galvanized imports rose by the second highest volume, […]

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Steel Data Room: Nucor 20Mt and Steel Dynamics 10Mt steel shipments to outside customers

February 2, 2022

Fourth quarter earnings reports have been published for the top US steelmakers. Nucor reported 20.3 million short tons of steel shipments to outside customers in 2021 and Steel Dynamics reported 9.6 million short tons. So many more details are available including steel shipments by product category, as well as shipments of downstream products if you […]

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Steel Data Room: US monthly sheet imports rising from top European sources Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Sweden, UK

January 31, 2022

As US tariff agreements with European Union countries and the United Kingdom are changed and renegotiated, we are all closely following US imports from key countries. We use the Steel Data Room’s US Census Bureau steel products dataset to find the data we need. While using this dataset, you don’t need to mess with the […]

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China crude steel production down 6.8% on December 2020 and down 3.0% on full-year 2020

January 27, 2022

Worldsteel reported crude steel production in China at 86.2 million metric tonnes in December, 6.8% lower than in December, 2020. Chinese crude steel output in 2021 was 3.0% lower than in 2020 at 1,032.8 million tonnes. Data from China’s General Administration of Customs show net finished steel exports in December at 4.0 million tonnes, 15.8% […]

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World crude steel production down 3.0% on December 2020, up 3.6% on full-year 2020

January 26, 2022

Worldsteel published December, 2021 and full-year 2021 world crude steel production yesterday. World steel output was 158.7 million metric tonnes in December, 3.0% lower than in December, 2020. Full-year 2021 steel production was 1,911.9 million tonnes, 3.6% higher than in full-year 2020. China produced 1,032.8 million tonnes of crude steel in 2021, accounting for 54% […]

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US long products imports rise 58% on December 2020 and 50% full-year 2020 to 2021

January 20, 2022

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports increased 58% year-on-year from 178,000 short tons in December, 2020 to 280,000 tons in December, 2021. Licenses indicate that the increase was mainly due to higher wire rod imports from Mexico, India, Algeria, South Korea, and Egypt. US long products imports for the full year 2021 […]

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