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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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China crude steel production up 13% on April 2020 to 97.9Mt

May 27, 2021

Worldsteel reported crude steel production in China at 97.9 million metric tonnes in April, 13% higher than in April 2020. Chinese crude steel production in the first four months of 2021 was 13% higher than in the same period last year. Data from China’s General Administration of Customs show net finished steel exports in April […]

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World crude steel production rises 23% on April 2020 to 169.5Mt

May 25, 2021

Worldsteel published April 2021 world crude steel production last Friday. World steel output was 169.5 million metric tonnes, 23% higher than in April, 2020. China produced 97.9 million tonnes in April, accounting for 58% of world output and rising 13% on April 2020. In other parts of Asia, Indian output rose 152%, Japanese production increased […]

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US long products imports rise 10% on April 2020

May 19, 2021

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 10% from 258,000 short tons in April 2020 to 284,000 tons last month. Licenses indicate import volumes rising for all long products categories except rebar, where imports declined by 1%. US long products imports in the first four months of 2021 were 10% higher than […]

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First River Steel Data Room Dataset of the Week: Brazilian pig iron production 29.5Mt in 2020

May 18, 2021

Another great source of information on steelmaking raw materials is the Steel Data Room’s dataset “SINDIFER Brazilian Pig Iron Statistics”. This dataset contains annual Brazilian pig iron production, sales, and export volumes back to 2000 from SINDIFER, the Union of Pig Iron Producers in the State of Minas Gerais. One of the things you can […]

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US flat products imports up 47% on April 2020

May 12, 2021

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 47% from 468,000 short tons in April 2020 to 687,000 tonnes last month. The highest volume increase came from hot roll where volumes rose mainly from Canada, but also from Japan. Hot dip galvanized imports also rose significantly due to higher volumes from Canada and […]

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First River Steel Data Room Dataset of the Week: Midrex World Direct Reduction Statistics

May 5, 2021

The hot topic of the day in the steel industry is steelmaking raw materials, and this week’s featured dataset focuses on DRI, one of the key steelmaking materials for the future production of sustainable steel. The dataset “Midrex World Direct Reduction Statistics” has all the statistics publicly available from Midrex‘s World Direct Reduction Statistics report. […]

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