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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 fall 7% in January

February 10, 2016

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 7% from 882,000 short tons in December to 825,000 tons in January. Flat products imports in January 2015 were 1,499,000 tons and in January 2014 they were 921,000 tons. Lower cold rolled and cut plate imports drove the overall decline with cold rolled imports falling […]

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China crude steel production 64.4Mt in December and 803.8Mt in 2015

January 27, 2016

Worldsteel reported crude steel production in China at 64.4 million metric tonnes in December, 5.2% lower than in December 2014. Taking into account Worldsteel year-end revisions, full-year output in 2015 was 2.3% lower in 2015 than it was in 2014. In addition, Chinese net finished steel exports (exports minus imports) in December were 9.5 million […]

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2015 world crude steel production 1.62Bn tonnes

January 26, 2016

Worldsteel published December and full-year 2015 global crude steel production on January 25th. World crude steel production was 126.7 million metric tonnes in December, 5.7% lower than in December 2014. Full-year 2015 production was 1,623 million tonnes, 2.8% lower than in 2014. Chinese crude production accounted for 50% of full-year 2015 world output and showed […]

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US long products imports rise 27% in December

January 20, 2016

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports increased 27% from 335,000 short tons in November to 424,000 tons in December. Long products imports in December 2014 were 353,000 tons and in December 2013 they were 280,000 tons. The increase in longs imports between November and December 2015 was driven mainly by higher wire […]

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US flat products imports climb 12% in December

January 7, 2016

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products import rose 12% from 843,000 short tons in November to 947,000 tons in December. Flat products imports in December 2014 were 1,333,000 tons and in December 2013 they were 738,000 tons. Imports of flat products for the full year 2015 were 7% lower than in 2014, driven […]

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China crude steel production 63.3M tonnes in November

December 23, 2015

Worldsteel reported Chinese crude steel production at 63.3 million metric tonnes in November, 1.6% lower than in November 2014. Chinese crude output for the first 11 months of 2015 was 2.1% lower than in the same period last year. China’s net finished steel exports (exports minus imports) in November were 8.7 million tonnes, 1.2% higher […]

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