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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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First River Steel Data Room Dataset of the Week: China Import and Export of Major Commodities

December 7, 2020

If you are looking for Chinese data on steel trade, you might want to check out the Dataset of the Week “China Import and Export of Major Commodities”. The information is published by the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China and contains monthly imports and exports of all major commodities in […]

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First River Steel Data Room Dataset of the Week: Japan Production of Iron & Steel

November 30, 2020

Looking to build charts with steel industry data directly from country steel industry associations? Often steel industry associations such as the Japan Iron & Steel Federation publish more detailed data than what’s available through Worldsteel. This week’s highlighted dataset is the perfect example. “Japan Production of Iron & Steel” includes annual, quarterly and monthly steel […]

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China crude steel production up 12.7% and net exports down 43.9% on October 2019

November 26, 2020

Worldsteel reported crude steel production in China at 92.2 million metric tonnes in October, 12.7% higher than in October 2019. Chinese production in the first ten months of 2020 was 5.5% higher than in the same period last year. Data from the General Administration of Customs show net finished steel exports (exports minus imports) in […]

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October world crude steel production 161.9Mt, +7.0% on October 2019

November 25, 2020

Worldsteel published October 2020 world crude steel production yesterday. World steel output was 161.9 million metric tonnes, 7.0% higher than in October 2019. Crude steel production in the first ten months of 2020 was 2.0% lower than in the same period last year. China accounted for 57% of world output in October. Chinese production was […]

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US long products imports down 3% on October 2019

November 19, 2020

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 3% from 233,000 short tons in October 2019 to 226,000 tons in October this year. Licenses indicate that the decline was mainly due to lower wire rod imports from Japan and Canada. Based on January to September imports and October import licenses, US long products […]

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US flat products imports down 15% on October 2019

November 11, 2020

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 15% from 616,000 short tons in October 2019 to 526,000 tons last month. Hot rolled imports declined by the largest volume, down 21% on last October, due mainly to lower volumes from Canada and South Korea. Hot dip galvanized imports fell by the second largest […]

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