From the category archives:

Data

China crude steel production +4.6% on March 2024, net exports +7.4%

April 28, 2025

Worldsteel reported crude steel production in China at 92.8 million metric tonnes in March, 4.6% higher than in March, 2024. Chinese production in the first three months of 2025 was 1.3% lower than in the same period last year. Data from China’s General Administration of Customs show net finished steel exports (exports minus imports) in […]

Read the full article →

The Green Steel Challenge podcast presents Linde’s Sanjiv Lambe to discuss the critical role of industrial gases in steelmaking decarbonisation

April 28, 2025

The latest high-level guest on The Green Steel Challenge podcast is Sanjiv Lamba, CEO of Linde. The head of the world’s largest industrial gases and engineering company explains which industrial gas-consuming technologies are currently driving steel industry decarbonisation and exactly what it will take for hydrogen to make a significant contribution. The Green Steel Challenge […]

Read the full article →

World crude steel production +2.9% on March, 2024 following 4.6% increase in China

April 28, 2025

Worldsteel published March world crude steel production last week. World crude steel output was 166.1 million metric tonnes, 2.9% higher than in March, 2024. China produced 92.8 million tonnes in March, accounting for 56% of world output and rising 4.6% compared to March, 2024. World crude steel production outside of China rose 0.8% on last […]

Read the full article →

US long products imports drop 14% on March 2024, +12% on first three months of 2024 due to January surge

April 21, 2025

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 14% from 324,000 short tons in March 2024 to 271,000 tons in March 2025. The decline was mainly due to lower rebar imports from Turkey. Despite imports dropping between March 2024 and March 2025, US long products imports in the first three months of 2025 […]

Read the full article →

US flat products imports fall 35% on March 2024, -16% on the 1st three months of 2024

April 9, 2025

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 35% from 834,000 short tons in March, 2024 to 545,000 tons in March, 2025. The decline was mainly due to lower hot roll imports from Canada and South Korea, as well as lower hot dip galvanized imports from a number of countries including Vietnam, Mexico […]

Read the full article →

Pierre-Etienne Franc from Hy24 and FiveT Hydrogen discusses the economics of hydrogen use in steelmaking decarbonization in the latest episode of The Green Steel Challenge

April 9, 2025

Pierre-Etienne Franc, Co-founder and CEO of Hy24 and Co-founder and President of FiveT Hydrogen AG gives us a fantastic overview of the current hydrogen market as well as its potential for growth in the newest Green Steel Challenge podcast episode, released yesterday. He explains why hydrogen production is important for decarbonizing industrial processes such as […]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries