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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 drop 22% on September 2019

October 7, 2020

Based on reported import licenses, US flat steel products imports fell 22% from 622,000 short tons in September 2019 to 482,000 tons last month. Hot rolled imports declined by the largest volume, down 25% on last September due mainly to lower volumes from Canada. Cold rolled imports dropped by the second largest volume, down 40% […]

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First River Steel Data Room dataset of the week: EBITDA/T, select steelmakers

October 6, 2020

Last week’s dataset of the week highlighted publicly available steel industry data with the World Steel Association Steel Statistical Yearbook dataset. This week’s dataset, EBITDA per ton for select steelmakers, is an example of the wide variety of proprietary data held in the Steel Data Room. This dataset contains First River calculations of EBITDA per […]

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First River Steel Data Room dataset of the week: World Steel Association Steel Statistical Yearbook

September 29, 2020

Wouldn’t it be great to expertly chart publicly available data from the World Steel Association? In this week’s Steel Data Room dataset of the week, you steelnerds can find all the publicly available data from Worldsteel’s latest Steel Statistical Yearbook, as well historical data from past yearbooks back to 1980. And if you’re looking for […]

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China crude steel production up 8%, net exports down 64% on August 2019

September 25, 2020

Worldsteel reported crude steel production in China at 94.8 million metric tonnes in August, 8.4% higher than in August 2019. Chinese production in the first eight months of 2020 was 3.9% higher than in the same period last year. Data from the General Administration of Customs show Chinese net finished steel exports (exports minus imports) […]

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August world crude steel production 156Mt, +0.6% on August 2019

September 24, 2020

Worldsteel published August world crude steel production today. World steel output was 156.2 million metric tonnes, 0.6% higher than in August 2019. Crude steel production in the first eight months of 2020 was 4.1% lower than in the same period last year. China accounted for 61% of world output in August. Chinese production was 94.8 […]

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First River Steel Data Room dataset of the week: U.S. Census Bureau Trade by Commodity

September 22, 2020

The U.S. Census Bureau trade data holds so much information that it is difficult to make sense of it. That’s why First River has organized the commodity codes into the major steel product categories and created this week’s Steel Data Room dataset of the week, “U.S. Trade by Commodity (HS), Custom Dataset, Monthly Update”. Here’s […]

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