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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 8% on December 2019 and 5% on full-year 2019

January 27, 2021

Worldsteel reported crude steel production in China at 91.3 million tonnes in December, 8% higher than in December 2019. Chinese crude steel output in 2020 was 5% higher than in 2019 at 1,053 million tonnes. Data from China’s General Administration of Customs show net finished steel exports in December at 3.5 million tonnes, 9% higher […]

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World crude steel production up 5.8% on December 2019, down 0.9% on full-year 2019

January 26, 2021

Worldsteel published December 2020 and full-year 2020 world crude steel production today. World steel output was 160.9 million metric tonnes in December, 5.8% higher than in December 2019. Full-year 2020 steel production was 1,829.1 million tonnes, 0.9% lower than in full-year 2019. China produced 1,053.0 million tonnes of crude steel in 2020, accounting for 58% […]

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First River Steel Data Room Dataset of the Week: US Coking Coal Consumption and Price

January 25, 2021

If you are following steelmaking raw materials consumption and pricing, you’ll be interested in this week’s featured dataset, “U.S. Coal Statistics” with data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Here you can find US coal reserves, production, employment, trade and pricing information back to 2000. Related to steelmaking, it includes coking coal pricing, consumption, […]

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US long products imports up 9% on December 2019, down 14% on full-year 2019

January 18, 2021

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 9% from 154,000 short tons in December 2019 to 168,000 tons in December this year. Licenses indicate that the rise was mainly due to higher wire rod imports from Brazil, Germany, and Canada. Full-year 2020 long products imports using December licenses were 14% lower than […]

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First River Steel Data Room Dataset of the Week: Vietnam steel trade from UN Comtrade

January 15, 2021

This week’s Steel Data Room dataset of the week looks at the rise in Vietnamese steel production compared to its steel exports and imports. The data comes from United Nations ComTRADE and includes steel products imports and exports by country annually and monthly back to 1988, in volume and value. One of the advantages of […]

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US flat products imports down 14% on December 2019

January 13, 2021

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 14% from 599,000 short tons in December 2019 to 513,000 tons last month. Cold rolled imports fell by the largest volume, declining 36% on last December due mainly to lower volumes from Mexico, Australia, Canada and Vietnam. Hot roll imports fell by the second largest […]

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